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Lookout tower in the distance behind barbed wire of the Berlin Wall

1962

Flip Schulke

(American, 1930–2008)
Culture
America
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Measurements
Paper: 47 x 38.1 cm (18 1/2 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2015.356
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a tall lookout tower in the distance, seen through layers of blurred barbed wire stretching horizontally across the frame. On the left, a thick, out-of-focus post extends vertically. The metal tower features a lattice structure topped with a small cabin. Dark vegetation and a shorter post occupy the lower foreground, all set against a uniform, light gray sky.

Lookout tower in the distance behind barbed wire of the Berlin Wall

1962

Flip Schulke

(American, 1930–2008)
America

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