Prunella Clough
Two black and white photographs of cranes and warehouses at a dock
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of warehouses and cranes
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of a gas tower
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of the backs of warehouses or wharves
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of a coal mine or quarry [1950s]
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of warehouses and cranes
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of a gas works
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of a corrugated iron fence with a large building, possible a factory, behind it
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of smokestacks and part of an industrial complex, possibly a factory or processing plant
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of the sides of warehouse and a smoke stack
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of the side of a factory or other industrial building
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Prunella Clough
Two black and white photographs of docks
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of an old industrial site, possibly a factory
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Prunella Clough
Black and white photograph of a gas works
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The Tate has opened a window to Britain’s industrial past through the lens of the late artist Prunella Clough.
Majestic wrought iron gasholders, towering cranes and factories spewing plumes of smoke all feature in the gallery’s online collection of her unseen works.
Clough – an artist whose work became increasingly abstract as her career went on – was fascinated by the urban landscapes of post-WWII Britain. She took these evocative photographs during the 1950s, and similar industrial scenes would later become the subject of her paintings.
These photographs have been published as part of the Tate’s Archives and Access project – one of the most comprehensive online art and archival resources in the world.
