Subway Construction, No. 2

c. 1937

Jan Gelb

Associated Names
Jan Gelb

Artist, American, 1906 - 1978

This is a drawing of an industrial scene involving heavy machinery. The drawing depicts an interior industrial setting featuring construction elements with a focus on rigorous manual work. In the foreground, a figure stands tall, clad in work attire, surrounded by construction elements like beams and a pulley system to their right. The background shows shadows, linear patterns suggesting structural materials, and a slightly obscured, blurred outline of a deep construction space. The drawing employs high contrast between light and dark, emphasizing the hard lines and shadows forming dynamic patterns that lead the eye across the image. The detailed rendering conveys the environment of a busy industrial or construction setting without direct focus on intricate detail to any particular object within the scene.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Child Gallery, Boston, MA); Dave and Reba Williams, Greenwich, CT, December 1994; gift to NGA, December 2008

Associated Names

Inscriptions

Subway Construction #2 5/10 in pencil, lower left; signed: J Gelb on stone, lower left corner; J Gelb in pencil, lower right corner; J Gelb in pencil, lower right corner, verso

Wikidata ID

Q76441294

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