Transporting Bags of Dirt in the Serra Pelada Gold Mine, Brazil
Artist
Sebastião Salgado
(Brazilian, born 1944)
CultureBrazilian
Date1986
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 13 13/16 × 20 15/16 in. (35.1 × 53.2 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 3/4 × 23 7/8 in. (50.2 × 60.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 1/16 × 30 1/16 in. (61.1 × 76.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 3/4 × 23 7/8 in. (50.2 × 60.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 1/16 × 30 1/16 in. (61.1 × 76.4 cm)
InscribedSigned on verso: SS 05-44
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol. B. Frank, and gift of Drs. Lea and Nancy Wilds
Object number2000.22.3
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print. A person, covered in soot and wearing a back-pack climbs from a ladder. A hand reaches out from the right side.ProvenanceChrysler Museum of Art Purchase, 2000. Exhibition History"History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001. Published ReferencesSebastião Salgado; Eduardo Galeano and Fred Ritchin. AN UNCERTAIN GRACE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY SEBASTIÃO SALGADO. New York, N.Y.: Aperture. 1990.
