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Title
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Slag Heap
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Creator
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James Brooks
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Date
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1932
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Medium
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oil on canvas
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Description
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Vertical painting on brown unstretched canvas. Tacking edges cut uneven; all have holes and folding from previous stretching. Painting depicts orange-tinted clouds at top and center; orange circular vessel at top right dumping orange liquid in zig-zag path down dark hill to bottom right; figure next to vessel; bridge diagonal near center with vertical supports on left half of painting, lamp or light above left side of bridge; curving tracks in foreground go under bridge; dark structures and dark blue/black sky in background.
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Dimensions
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image: h: 28 1/8 in x w: 22 1/8 in; h: 29 3/4 in x w: 23 5/8 in
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Accession Number
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UMFA2016.4.6
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Credit Line
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Gift of The James and Charlotte Brooks Foundation
