New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Coal Pier 6--Norfolk Southern, Norfolk, Virginia

Artist Janos Enyedi (American, 1947-2011)

Artist/Vendor Furnace Road Studio

CultureAmerican

Date2005

MediumPigmented inkjet print

Dimensions24 x 60 in. (61 x 152.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 30 3/4 × 71 3/4 in. (78.1 × 182.2 cm)

InscribedIn pencil, lower left: "Norfolk Southern-Coal Pier 6" lower right: Janos Enyedi 2005

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. by exchange, in honor of David Goode

Object number2005.20.1

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a large-scale digital pigment print, manipulated by the artist, of Coal Pier number six at Norfolk Southern. The structure is steel with heavy rusting: the background shows the coal pier extending up vertically, labeled in white paint "COAL PIER 6"; the middle and left foreground show the structure extending horizontally, toward the viewer. Coal Pier 6 is located on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia.

Label TextJanos Enyedi American (1947-2011) Norfolk Southern-Coal Pier 6, Norfolk, Virginia, 2005 Digital pigment print In honor of David R. Goode, gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. by exchange 2005.20.1 During the summer of 2005 Enyedi was commissioned by the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia in Virginia Beach to create a body of work documenting maritime commerce in the Hampton Roads region. The result was an exhibition at the Center entitled Working on the Water. Enyedi's images are created by the manipulation of digital photographs to achieve an expressive and painterly surface. This image depicts the mechanism that transfers coal from the Norfolk Southern Railway's trains to ships, known as colliers, for shipment to all parts of the world. Coal Pier 6 at Lamberts Point is the largest and fastest coal loading pier in the Northern Hemisphere. At its 1990 peak, Pier 6 loaded 39,529,592 tons of coal, including 1,902 car loads in a single 24 hour period, each car holding 103 short (2,000lb) tons (as opposed to metric or "imperial tons"). This averages out to 1,800 coal car loads dumped per day, supplied by 10 trains per day. Edited By: CW Edited Date: 2007 Approved By: ERL Approval Date: 2007ProvenancePurchased from the artist; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. by exchange, in honor of David Goode, 2005. Exhibition History"Working on the Water: Maritime Commerce in the Hampton Roads Region--New Works by Janos Enyedi," Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Va., September 15 - November 6, 2005. "The World of Photography," Alice R. and Frank B. Sol Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., June 20, 2007 - May 25, 2008. "Message in a Bottle: Picturing Maritime Culture in Hampton Roads," Barry Art Museum, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, April 12, 2024 - January 5, 2025.Published ReferencesBrenda LaBier, with forward by L. Cameron Kitchin, _Working on the Water: Maritime Commerce in the Hampton Roads Region, New Works by Janos Enyedi_, exh. cat., Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Va., 2005, 13.