Unloading cargo
Artist
Ralston Crawford
(American, born Canada, 1906 - 1978)
Dateca. 1942
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 inches (11.43 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Neelon Crawford
Object number2015.49.117
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, lower left corner, in black ink with black pen and pencil: "RALSTON CRAWFORD ESTATE / RCE No 17069 NC";
Artist's stamp on sheet verso, lower right, visible only with UV radiation: "RCE".
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: "R17: [? cut off]
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DescriptionImage of a man wearing a hat with a jacket draped over his shoulders resting his arms on a metal railing as he looks down at cargo being unloaded on a conveyor belt. Cables stretch down from above creating a web-like structure against the clear sky.Copyright© The Ralston Crawford Estate
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