Grafton, West Virginia

Series TitleAmerican Prospects

Artist Joel Sternfeld (American, born 1944)

DateFebruary 1983; printed 1985

MediumDye transfer print

DimensionsImage: 14 3/8 × 18 5/16 inches (36.51 × 46.51 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.64 × 50.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of Peggy and William Lyons

Object number2022.25.8

SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in black pen.

InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in black pen: "Dye Transfer Print", "Grafton, West Virginia, February 1983", "N - 1983 / P - 1985"

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DescriptionImage of industrial buildings in disrepair amidst a snowy landscape with railroad tracks on the left, which pass by a residential neighborhood.Provenance

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Joel Sternfeld, New York;
Purchsed by Robert Mann Gallery, New York;
Purchased from Robert Mann Gallery by William Lyons and Peggy Lyons, Mission Hills, KS, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.

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