
Research Vehicle, Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards 2014
2014
Thomas Struth's 2014 inkjet print documents a research vehicle at the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards with his characteristic architectural and technological precision. The work captures the intersection of scientific innovation and industrial design in a large-scale photographic format.
- Medium
- inkjet print
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
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🔨 Auction Lot
Art Contemporain Evening Auction
December 6, 2022
Estimate: $50,000 to $70,000
Lot 28
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Andreas Gursky
German · b. 1955

Gursky creates large scale color photographs of industrial and technological environments with the same documentary precision and formal rigor found in Struth's work. His images of factories, research facilities, and modern infrastructure share the same cool observational tone and emphasis on human made systems.

Edward Burtynsky
Canadian · b. 1955

Burtynsky photographs industrial landscapes and manufactured environments with striking color fidelity and large format detail, closely mirroring Struth's interest in technological subjects and scientific infrastructure. Both artists use photography to examine the aesthetic and conceptual weight of human industrial achievement.
Bernd Becher
German · b. 1931
Becher pioneered the systematic documentary photographic approach to industrial structures that directly influenced Struth's aesthetic of precise and detached examination of technological objects. His focus on functional industrial architecture shares the same interest in capturing the formal beauty of engineered structures.
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