Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 1973
<p>Mitch Epstein, <em>Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 1973</em>, 1973. Dye transfer print, sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Greg S. Feldman and Richard Frary 2017.258.17. © Mitch Epstein</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1973
- Medium
- Dye transfer print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Mitch Epstein
Artist
Photography
Mitch Epstein is an American photographer born in 1952 whose practice spans documentary and conceptual approaches to landscape, infrastructure, and social systems. Working primarily in color photography since the 1970s, he examines the relationship between industrial development, energy production, and the American environment. His work has appeared in major institutional collections and exhibitions, addressing the material structures that shape contemporary life. Epstein's photographs operate at the intersection of straightforward observation and analytical rigor, treating factories, power plants, and urban systems as subjects worthy of sustained visual investigation.
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Record
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- Mitch Epstein
- Year
- 1973
- Medium
- Dye transfer print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1973-173016
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified