© Michael Kenna
Currently not on view
The Rouge, Study 100, Dearborn, Michigan,
1995
Michael Kenna, born 1953 Widnes, UK; active Seattle, WA
1997-29.100
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<p>Kenna often merges a sense of industrial power with memory. Here, clouds of steam and trails of smoke drift across the powerful black lines of the smokestacks, suggestive of the pulsing activity within even as the structure is shrouded in latter-day romanticism.</p>
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Title
The Rouge, Study 100, Dearborn, Michigan
Dates
1995
Maker
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
19.3 x 18.9 cm. (7 5/8 x 7 7/16 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
1997-29.100
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 1995.
Inscribed in pencil, verso lower center: THE ROUGE, STUDY 100, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN
Stamped in ink, below: Negative 1995 (in pencil) Print 1995 (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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