Model T Headquarters, Highland Park, Detroit

Andrew Moore, Model T Headquarters, Highland Park, Detroit, 2009, inkjet print, image: 44 ¹⁄₂ × 57 in. (113.0 × 144.8 cm) sheet: 50 × 60 in. (127.0 × 152.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Julia D. Strong Endowment, 2014.24.2, © 2009, Andrew Moore

Artwork Details

Title: Model T Headquarters, Highland Park, Detroit
Artist: Andrew Moore
Date: 2009
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: image: 44 ¹⁄₂ × 57 in. (113.0 × 144.8 cm) sheet: 50 × 60 in. (127.0 × 152.4 cm)
Copyright: © 2009, Andrew Moore
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Julia D. Strong Endowment
Mediums Description: inkjet print
Classifications: Photography
Subjects: Architecture Interior — commercial — office building
Object Number: 2014.24.2
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2014.24.2

Artwork Description

Model T Headquarters, Highland Park, Detroit is one of a series of photographs Andrew Moore took of abandoned Ford Motor Company buildings that symbolize the end of an era. Vibrant greenery creeping across the floor of a structure that once housed a thriving industry suggests nature's dual powers of destruction and renewal. "The past," says the artist, "is receding so quickly that time itself seems to be distorted."