Great Northern Railway, Grain Elevator, Superior, Wisconsin

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)

Date1968

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 7/16 × 10 7/8 inches (26.47 × 27.61 cm)
Mount: 16 × 20 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Sandra S. Plowden

Object number2019.8.43

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: [signature]; On mount verso, center, in pencil: "DAVID PLOWDEN 1968".

InscribedOn mount verso, center, in pencil: "GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY / GRAIN ELEVATOR / SUPERIOR, WI"

MarkingsOn mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "42" [circled]; On mount verso, top, in pencil: "GFB-68-???" / "inbedded / dust".

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DescriptionImage of grain elevator composed of numerous cylindrical bins with a central structure and smaller towers above. See images 2018.66.6 and 2018.66.7.Provenance

Provenance

David Plowden, Winnetka, IL;

his gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

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