Untitled

c. 1930s

Piet Zwart

Associated Names
Piet Zwart

Artist, Dutch, 1885 - 1977

This is a photograph of an industrial interior setting featuring large metal tanks with gauges and piping. The image depicts a dimly lit room with several large cylindrical metal tanks, equipped with valves and gauges mounted on the wall and ceiling industrial pipes crisscrossing overhead. The tanks appear to be part of a manufacturing or processing facility, given their robust construction. The floor is made of concrete, with tracks possibly for moving carts or machinery. The lighting suggests an industrial setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.5 × 17 cm (4 15/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 13 × 18 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.74

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Piet Zwart, Wassenaar, Netherlands. Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Barbara Leibowits Graphics, New York), 1984; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left, stamped in green ink: piet zwart rijksstraatweg 290 / wassenaar holland; by unknown hand, vertical along right edge in blue pencil: [indecipherable] / 7 & 7; lower right along vertical right edge, crossed out: 98; lower right in graphite: w/2; bottom right: BG 375; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in red pencil: 1984.23.9

Wikidata ID

Q64158827

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