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View of Copley Place, Boston

2002

Nicholas Nixon

(American, 1947-)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 24.5 x 20.2 cm (9 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz in honor of Tom Hinson 2010.517
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a dense cluster of skyscrapers. In the lower foreground, a glass-enclosed pedestrian bridge with a peaked roof spans a sunlit street. To the right, a tall building features a prominent circular window. A massive skyscraper with a grid-like glass facade looms in the background. High-contrast lighting casts sharp, geometric shadows, emphasizing the rigid forms and repetitive patterns of the overlapping urban structures.

View of Copley Place, Boston

2002

Nicholas Nixon

(American, 1947-)
America

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