Dryland Farming #24, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain
2010 · Chromogenic print
Image/paper, sight: 98 × 131.2 cm (38 5/8 × 51 11/16 in.); Frame: 104.2 × 137.5 × 4 cm (41 1/16 × 54 3/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Edward Burtynsky
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WA-00032029
PhotographyPhotographyContemporary
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- Christies-ArtsyTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer known for large-scale color images of industrial landscapes and sites of resource extraction. His work documents quarries, mines, oil fields, and manufacturing facilities across North America, China, and the Middle East, revealing the environmental consequences of global consumption. Employing aerial and ground-level perspectives, he renders these zones of environmental transformation with formal precision and saturated color that oscillates between beauty and devastation. His photographs have been widely exhibited and collected, establishing a documentary approach to industrial ecology within contemporary photography.
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Museum of Modern Art
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| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
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| Rago | Feb 2026 | $10,000 – $15,000 | $7,000 |
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