David Walter McDermott
Frightened by Machinery but Devoted to Machines

Frightened by Machinery but Devoted to Machines
Frightened by Machinery but Devoted to Machines
ArtistAmerican, born 1952
ArtistAmerican, born 1958
ArtistAmerican, active since c. 1984
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Frightened by Machinery but Devoted to Machines
  • from the portfolio The Metallic Plate: The Art of Photography
Date1990s
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 13 7/8 × 11 1/8 in. (35.3 × 28.2 cm)
 Sheet: 25 × 20 1/16 in. (63.5 × 51 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1640.9
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left to right in pencil: Frightened by Machinery but devoted to Machines. No 22 of 30
verso bottom right in pencil: McDermott & McGough


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1990s
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Valpicon Bather
1990s
Photogravure
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Experience of Equilibrium with Three Knives
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A Means to Identify the Wearer
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