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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Geese Crossing Highway
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.

Geese Crossing Highway

Artist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 16 7/16 × 10 3/4 in. (41.8 × 27.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 7/8 × 14 1/2 in. (50.5 × 36.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 1/8 × 18 in. (56.2 × 45.7 cm)
InscribedVerso: 4 copyright/artist's stamps, "Printed by Aileen M. Sprague"
Credit LineGift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel
Object number2007.12.103
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print is of a paved uphill road. At the bottom of the upward slop are geese crossing the road.

ProvenanceCollection of Robert B. and Joyce F. Menschel, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel, 2007
Scanned from a slide by Adam Pape.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
W. Eugene Smith
1972-1975
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2006.
W. Eugene Smith
1961-62
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
W. Eugene Smith
1954
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
W. Eugene Smith
1955-57
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Henry Ziegler
20th century