Mar 23, 2010 - Sale 2208

Sale 2208 - Lot 87

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
GLAHA, BEN (1899-1970)
"Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), looking upstream from lookout point." Oversize silver print, 16 1/4x12 1/4 inches (41.3x31.1 cm.), with a mounted label with Glaha's credit, in pencil, and a typed title, date and number, and with an archives collection stamp and other numeric notations, in pencil, all on verso. 1934
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Acquired from Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe in 1996.
The Photograph and the American Dream 1840-1940, 78.
Hoover Dam was constructed during the Great Depression. In order to visually document the project, the Bureau of Reclamation assigned Glaha to photograph all aspects of the dam's construction. The images were used to demonstrate that the dam was structurally sound and government funds were being used wisely. Prints in this large format are unusually rare.