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Rooftop Plastic Containers (Mexico)
Rooftop Plastic Containers (Mexico)
Rooftop Plastic Containers (Mexico)

Rooftop Plastic Containers (Mexico)

Artist (American, born 1950)
Date2011
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 17 1/8 in. (30.2 × 43.5 cm)
Support: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Katherine Ware, 2017
Object number2017.2
DescriptionRaised deck crosses picture horitontally in foreground, supported by struts creating a triangular pattern. On top, four large, plastic containers in red, orange and white are lined up next to one another. Middle ground is blue and background is industrial landscape with satellite dish, highway and distant mountains.
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A simple rooftop scene in Mexico becomes a symphony of shape and color in this composition, in which the triangular supports of the deck mimic the mountains in the distance and the artificial colors of man-made goods compete with the splendor of nature.
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