Jeff Brouws

Coaling Tower #4, Durand, Michigan
2013

A black and white photograph of an old, tall railroad coaling tower standing over multiple intersecting train tracks, with barren trees in the background and an overcast sky.

A black and white photograph of an old, tall railroad coaling tower standing over multiple intersecting train tracks, with barren trees in the background and an overcast sky.

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Date
2013

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Inkjet print

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 × 12in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm) Image: 10 × 10in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm)

Accession number
2014.37.4

Edition
1/9

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Jeff Brouws, courtesy Robert Mann Gallery

API
artworks/44895

Part of a series:
Coaling Towers
12 works

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Black and white photograph of a large, historic concrete coaling tower straddling railroad tracks, with barren trees on either side under an overcast sky.

A black and white photograph of an old, tall railroad coaling tower standing over multiple intersecting train tracks, with barren trees in the background and an overcast sky.

Black and white photograph of a large, old-fashioned concrete coaling tower straddling multiple railroad tracks, with a forested area in the background on an overcast day.

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Jeff Brouws
13 works in the collection

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