Untitled

1930

Piet Zwart

Associated Names
Piet Zwart

Artist, Dutch, 1885 - 1977

This is a photograph of an industrial warehouse interior with large stacks of timber. The image shows wooden planks neatly stacked in rows on the floor. A steel roof structure with windows allows natural light in. An overhead crane system is visible in the background. A waterway in the foreground suggests possible water transport. The image emphasizes industrial efficiency and architectural symmetry.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.38 × 17.15 cm (4 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 13 × 18 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.67

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), 1983; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite circled: 2; top right corner in blue pencil, crossed out: 158?; vertical along upper left edge in blue pencil, underlined and crossed out: 158?; vertical along upper left edge: 106; upper center stamped in green ink: piet zwart rijksstraatweg 290 / wassenaar holland; upper right in blue pencil: 106; center: [res?]; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1983.115.12

Wikidata ID

Q64158831

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