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Untitled (Georgia USA/Harz Germany) 2004

Photograph
2004 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Cross, Andrew (photographer)
Place of origin
Georgia (photographed)
Harz (photographed)

Keen trainspotter, Andrew Cross travels widely in the USA and Europe following and documenting freight routes as a kind of meditation about where transport links go and what cargo is carried on them. Railway landscapes often appear similar in different countries. In this diptych he implies that the American tracks in one half converge with the German ones in the other half at an unseen point beyond the bank of trees.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Transport
Object type
Photograph
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Photograph
  • Photograph
TitleUntitled (Georgia USA/Harz Germany) 2004 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
C-type prints
Brief description
'Untitled (Georgia USA/Harz Germany) 2004', photograph by Andrew Cross, United States and Germany, 2004
Physical description
Diptych consisting of train tracks curving into distance and seemingly converging behind a bank of trees.
Dimensions
  • Each height: 50in
  • Each width: 60in
  • Frame height: 94.2cm
  • Frame length: 136cm
Gallery label
  • Keen trainspotter, Andrew Cross travels widely in the USA and Europe following and documenting freight routes as a kind of meditation about where transport links go and what cargo is carried on them. Railway landscapes often appear similar in different countries. In this diptych he implies that the American tracks in one half converge with the German ones in the other half at an unseen point beyond the bank of trees.(20/02/2006)
  • Keen train-spotter-turned-artist, Andrew Cross travels widely in the USA and Europe following and documenting freight routes as a kind of meditation about where transport links go and what cargo is carried on them. Finding that railway landscapes often appear similar in different countries, with this diptych, he implies that the American tracks in one half curve into the distance and converge with the German ones at an unseen point beyond the bank of trees.(2008-2009)
Credit line
Purchased through the Cecil Beaton Royalties Fund
Summary
Keen trainspotter, Andrew Cross travels widely in the USA and Europe following and documenting freight routes as a kind of meditation about where transport links go and what cargo is carried on them. Railway landscapes often appear similar in different countries. In this diptych he implies that the American tracks in one half converge with the German ones in the other half at an unseen point beyond the bank of trees.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.558:1, 2-2005

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Record createdNovember 18, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O118755/untitled-georgia-usaharz-germany-2004-photograph-cross-andrew/
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