Untitled

c. 1930s

Piet Zwart

Associated Names
Piet Zwart

Artist, Dutch, 1885 - 1977

This is a photograph of an industrial machine in a factory setting. The image displays a large piece of machinery with wood shavings scattered along its components. The photograph is in black and white, showing various belts, gears, wheels, and levers. Above the machinery, there are industrial lights hanging from the ceiling, suggesting an indoor factory environment. This photograph captures the complex and mechanical nature of industrial production.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.15 × 12.38 cm (6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 18 × 13.18 cm (7 1/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.75

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

Exhibition History

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17 – July 29, 2007

Inscriptions

on verso, center stamped twice in green ink: piet zwart rijksstraatweg 290 / wassenaar holland; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: BG 375; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in red pencil: 1984.23.10

Wikidata ID

Q64158828

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