Edward Burtynsky
Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont

Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont

© Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Weinstein Hammons Gallery, Minneapolis / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto

Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont
Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont
Date1991
PlaceBarre, Vermont, United States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 26 3/4 × 34 1/16 in. (67.9 × 86.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Prospero Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
Object number92.348
Non exposé

Explore Further

Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


As North America’s largest manufacturer of granite headstones and memorials, Rock of Ages Corporation operates more than ten active quarries and five manufacturing facilities in Vermont and Quebec. Edward Burtynsky sought out these quarries in the 1990s in an attempt to better understand and visualize the landscapes from which the raw materials required for human construction and develop­ment were extracted. Making photographs that fully depict the scale of the industrial mining operations, Burtynsky’s pictures give the impression of tiny toy figures placed atop massive toy blocks.



ProvenanceThe artist, Toronto; purchased by MFAH, 1992.
Exhibition History"Manufactured Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky," Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, January 24–April 20, 2003; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, October 7, 2004–January 9, 2005; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, March 20–May 11, 2005; Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, June 29–September 18, 2005; Brooklyn Museum, September 23–December 11, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Marked in black ink on sheet recto, bottom edge, lower left corner, below image: " "Rock of Ages, Graniteville Quarry, Barre, Vermont" 1992 1/10"
Signed in black ink on sheet recto, bottom edge, lower right corner below image: "Ed Burtynsky"

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Rock of Ages Quarry, Abandoned Section, Barre, Vermont
Edward Burtynsky
1992
Chromogenic print
92.346
Abandoned Marble Quarry #1, Near Rutland, Vermont
Edward Burtynsky
1991
Chromogenic print
92.347
Manufacturing #11, Youngor Textiles, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
Edward Burtynsky
2005
Chromogenic print
2007.735
Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto
Edward Burtynsky
1987
Chromogenic print
90.231
RepublicBank Center, Houston
Edward Burtynsky
March 1988
Chromogenic print
90.234
Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto
Edward Burtynsky
1987
Chromogenic print
90.233
Bank of Montréal, Ottawa
Edward Burtynsky
August 1987
Chromogenic print
90.227
Bank of Montréal, Ottawa
Edward Burtynsky
August 1987
Chromogenic print
90.226
Bank of Montréal, Ottawa
Edward Burtynsky
August 1987
Chromogenic print
90.229
Bank of Montréal, Ottawa
Edward Burtynsky
August 1987
Chromogenic print
90.228
Canadian Bank of Commerce, Toronto
Edward Burtynsky
July, 1987
Chromogenic print
90.220