WTC Steel #1
- Description (Brief)
- Robert Rathe is a contemporary photographer based in Virginia. During the fall of 2002, he had the opportunity to photograph pieces of steel that had once been part of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. The steel had been brought to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for their investigation into the collapse of World Trade Center buildings 1, 2 and 7. These abstract photographs represent the artist’s attempt to comprehend how steel that had once been strong enough to support the tallest structures in New York were now twisted, charred and broken.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 2002
- maker
- Rathe, Robert
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 3/4 in x 21 3/4 in; 42.545 cm x 55.245 cm
- ID Number
- 2013.0328.01
- catalog number
- 2013.0328.01
- accession number
- 2013.0328
- Credit Line
- Robert Rathe
- subject
- September 11
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Photographic History
- World Trade Center Steel
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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