Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Joel Sternfeld

Title

Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1994

Medium

Chromogenic print

Edition

1 of 7

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, along bottom edge, in black ink: JS.227.0 1/7 Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio May 1994 N-May 1994 / P-September 1996 Joel Sternfeld The Cuyahoga River burned for more than an hour on June 22, 1969, after molten slag from a steel mill was dumped into the river and ignited other pollutants. From the series, On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam

Dimensions

Image/paper: 47.7 × 59.6 cm (18 13/16 × 23 1/2 in.); Mount: 63.6 × 76.1 cm (25 1/16 × 30 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

Reference Number

1997.777.8

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