© Michael Kenna
Currently not on view
The Rouge, Study 1, Dearborn, Michigan,
1992, printed 1993
Michael Kenna, born 1953 Widnes, UK; active Seattle, WA
1997-29.1
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<p>Rich and mysterious atmospherics often dominate Kenna’s photographs of the Rouge. Here, a traveling bridge crane hovers over seeming mountains of iron ore, but is obscured as its line plunges into a cloud of smoke or steam, making this both an image of energy and a relic.</p>
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Information
Title
The Rouge, Study 1, Dearborn, Michigan
Dates
1992, printed 1993
Maker
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
19.7 x 19.4 cm. (7 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.)
mount: 50.8 x 40.6 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
The Ford Rouge Complex Collection, gift of the Ford Motor Company
Object Number
1997-29.1
Place Depicted
North America, United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil, recto below lower left corner of image: 1/45
Signed and dated in pencil, recto below lower right corner of image: Michael Kenna 1992.
Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, verso upper right corner: KE 414
Inscribed in pencil, verso lower center: THE ROUGE, STUDY 1, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN
Stamped in ink, below: Negative 1992 (in pencil) Print 1993 (in pencil) / © MICHAEL KENNA / This 7½” x 7½” Sepia toned Silver Gelatin / print is #1 (in pencil) in a limited edition. The total / number of prints in this edition will not / exceed 45 and 4 artist proofs. All prints / are made by Michael Kenna.
Signed in pencil, below: Michael Kenna
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