Edward Burtynsky
(born 1955)
Rock of Ages #23, Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991

Archival pigment print, printed 2000, signed in ink and numbered '10/10' on a label affixed on the frame backing.

image: 27 x 34in. (68.6 x 86.3cm.)
sheet: 34 x 41in. (86.3 x 104.1cm.)

Literature:

Pauli et al., Manufactured Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky, National Gallery of Canada, 2003; Mayer et al., China: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky, Steidl, 2005

Deeply saturated print. Examined in frame and appears in excellent condition. Additional images available on request.

framed: 36 1/2 x 43 1/2in. (92.8 x 110.5cm.)

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Ms. Paterson joined Hindman in 2022 and is a nearly 30-year veteran of the photography industry. She began her career in the Photographs Department at Christie’s in New York, and spent 20 years at the auction house becoming a Senior Specialist. Subsequently, she worked at Magnum Photos New York (a prestigious photojournalism collective founded by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1947) as US Cultural and Print Sales Director and Bonhams as Head of the Photographs Department. Ms. Paterson has extensive knowledge of photography from the 18th to 21st centuries, with a particular interest in works of the American West by Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams.

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Edward Burtynsky (born 1955)Rock of Ages #23, Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991

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Edward Burtynsky
(born 1955)
Rock of Ages #23, Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991