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2024

2025

Photograph, Block of the Matsonia, a container ship, under construction

This is a Photograph. It was photographed by Christopher Payne and subject: General Dynamics Corporation.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Christopher Payne as part of Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne.

It is dated 2019. Its medium is digital pigment print. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 121.9 × 129.5 cm (48 × 51 in.) H x W (framed dimensions): 127 × 134.6 cm (50 × 53 in.)

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