WTC Steel #9
date: label: date made
content: 2002
name: label: maker
content: Rathe, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: World Trade Center Steel
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0328.09
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0328.09
label: accession number
content: 2013.0328
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 22 in; 43.18 cm x 55.88 cm