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Maker(s):Weston, Cole
Culture:American (1919-2003)
Title:Hughes' Plane "Spruce Goose"
Date Made:1946
Type:Photograph
Materials:Toned gelatin silver print on mount
Measurements:Mat: 14 x 18 in; 35.6 x 45.7 cm; Mount: 13 3/8 x 15 11/16 in; 34 x 39.8 cm; Sheet/Image: 7 5/8 x 9 11/16 in; 19.4 x 24.6 cm
Narrative Inscription:  ARTIST'S INITIALS/DATE: recto, lwr. r. (graphite): CW 1946; TITLE: verso, upp. l. (graphite): HUGHES PLAN, "SPRUCE GOOSE"; NUMBER: verso, upp. l. (graphite): #3,502
Accession Number:  UM 1978.109
Credit Line:Purchase with funds from the UMass Alumni Class of 1928 and a National Endowment for the Arts Museum Purchase Plan Grant
Museum Collection:  University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
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Description:
Aerial view of a city street, parking lots, businesses, and parked cars. A crowd of people watch as the body of a large silver sea plane is pulled down the street by a truck. The holes where the plane's wings would have been are covered and the shadow of a blimp darkens the scene on the lower right.

Tags:
aircraft; cities; crowds; automobiles; shadows; black and white; documentary photography; public spaces; streets; transportation

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