Object number2014.37.8

Pittsburgh, Highways

Date1984

Artist Joel Meyerowitz (American, born 1938)

CultureAmerican

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (19.4 x 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Credit LineGift form The Collection of Kate Axelrod and Peter Ocko, Los Angeles, CA

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn verso, signed lower center in ink: Joel Meyerowitz

InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper left corner in red ink: 3044; lower center in blue ink: Pittsburgh highways [signature] 1984; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in black ink: 579; lower center PF110150

MarkingsOn verso, stamped lower left corner in ink: JOEL MEYEROWITZ / PHOTOGRAPHER / 817 WEST END AVE. / N.Y., N.Y. 10025 / PHONE MO 66505

DescriptionColor image of a group of highways with overpassing crossing one another with several large buildings visible on the horizon. There are only a few cars visible and the background of the city is largely obscured, possibly by fog.

Terms

Pittsburgh

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