Telegraph Pole

Paul Strand, Telegraph Pole, 1915, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.32.3
Paul Strand, Telegraph Pole, 1915, photogravure, image: 8 x 5 3⁄8 in. (20.3 x 13.6 cm.); sheet…, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.32.3

Artwork Details

Title
Telegraph Pole
Artist
Date
1915
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 8 x 5 3⁄8 in. (20.3 x 13.6 cm.); sheet…
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums Description
photogravure
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture — science — power lines
  • Landscape — building
  • Architecture — domestic — house
Object Number
1974.32.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.32.3

Works by this artist (2 items)

Milton Glaser, "Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.."--Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1791. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1957, India ink, gouache, watercolor, and varnish on paperboard mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.108
“Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that…
Artist
Date1957
India ink, gouache, watercolor, and varnish on paperboard mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Milton Glaser, Earth Fair (Art Air), 1995, mechanical reproduction on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1998.4, © 1995, Milton Glaser
Earth Fair (Art Air)
Artist
Date1995
mechanical reproduction on paper
Not on view

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