A Summer's Evening with Train No. 2, Lithia, Virginia
Artist
O. Winston Link
(American, 1914-2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1955
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 9/16 × 19 1/2 in. (39.5 × 49.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated by the artist in pencil on the verso of the print. Artist's Studio stamp on the verso of the print.
Credit LineGift of Susan and David Goode
Object number2022.31.31
On View
Not on viewLabel TextO. Winston Link American, 1914–2001 far left Class A 1241 Bursts from the Westbound Portal of the Twin Montgomery Tunnels East of Christiansburg, Virginia, 1955 top right Hawksbill Creek at Luray, Virginia, November 8, 1957 bottom right A Summer’s Evening with Train No. 2, Lithia, Virginia, 1956 Gelatin silver prints (photographs) Lent by David and Susan Goode, with intent to give ProvenanceRobert Mann Gallery to Susan and David Goode to CMA.Exhibition History"Norfolk and Western Railway Photographs by O. Winston Link," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., July 1 - December 31, 2005. "Norfolk and Western Railroad Photographs by O. Winston Link," Kaufman Theatre Lobby, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA., March 4, 2009 - October 18, 2009. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.Published ReferencesGhost Trains: Railroad Photographs of the 1950s (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1983). This booklet accompanied the exhibition of Link's works at the Chysler. It includes some of Link's recordings on an 8" 33 RPM and data on all the photos. Night Tick by O. Winston Link: Photographs of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1955-60 (London: The Photographers' Gallery, 1983) Tim Hansley and O. Winston Link, Stream, Steel, and Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987) Anthony Korner, "The Night Owl," Artforum 27, no. 27, no. 9 (May 1989): 141-146 O. Winston Link and Thomas H. Garver, The Last Steam Railroad in America, (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995)
