The Rouge, Study 65, Dearborn, Michigan

© Michael Kenna

The Rouge, Study 65, Dearborn, Michigan

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The Rouge, Study 65, Dearborn, Michigan,

1994, printed 1995

Michael Kenna, born 1953 Widnes, UK; active Seattle, WA
1997-29.65
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<p>Humans are entirely absent from Kenna’s photographs of the Rouge, in striking contrast to the fact that, at its height, 100,000 people worked at the complex every day. Nature, however, appears occasionally, reminding us both of the importance of the natural landscape to other aspects of Kenna’s photographic production and of the endurance of nature even in the most compromised and unpromising of settings.</p>

Information

Title
The Rouge, Study 65, Dearborn, Michigan
Dates

1994, printed 1995

Maker
Michael Kenna
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
19.8 x 19.1 cm. (7 13/16 x 7 1/2 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
1997-29.65
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 1994. Inscribed in pencil, verso lower center: THE ROUGE, STUDY 65, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN Stamped in ink, below: Negative 1994 (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
Culture
British
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
snow, smokestacks, industrial landscapes, steam, trees, industrial complexes

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