Blooming Mill—Sheffield Steel of Texas

1945

Jackson Lee Nesbitt

Associated Names
Jackson Lee Nesbitt

Artist, American, 1913 - 2008

This is a drawing of an industrial steel mill. The image shows the interior of a factory with large industrial machinery and equipment. The machinery appears to be involved in the production or processing of steel, with a central focus on a glowing furnace or blast apparatus emitting bright light and suggesting intense heat. The setting is vast and complex, with extensive use of geometric shapes and lines to depict the scale and structure of the mill environment. The composition is detailed, capturing the intricacies of both the machinery and the surrounding space, evoking the mood of an active industrial scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.4 × 34.77 cm (10 × 13 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.48 × 43.66 cm (12 × 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1336

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Retif & Salzer 1993, no. 23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • Retif, Earl, and Ann Salzer. Jackson Lee Nesbitt: The Graphic Work. New Orleans, LA: Stone and Press, 1993, n.p., no. 23.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: BLOOMING MILL-SHEFFIELD STEEL OF TEXAS; lower right in plate: JACKSON LEE NESBITT 1945; lower left in graphite: Blooming Mill-Sheffield Steel of Texas; lower right in graphite: Jackson Lee Nesbitt

Markings

stamped lower right verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Watermarks

VAN GELDER ZONEN / HOLLAND

Wikidata ID

Q77011325

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