Locomotive Shops

1947

Reynold Weidenaar

Associated Names
Reynold Weidenaar

Artist, American, 1915 - 1985

This is an image of a steam locomotive being constructed or repaired in an industrial workshop. The scene shows a large steam locomotive as the central focus, with another locomotive engine being suspended in mid-air by a hoisting mechanism. The workshop is filled with industrial details such as structural beams, wheels, pipes, and vents. Light streams in from overhead or background windows, casting shadows on the metallic surfaces. Smoke or steam adds to the atmosphere, making the workshop appear active and bustling. The image captures the early-to-mid 20th-century industrial revolution spirit.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.86 × 43.02 cm (12 15/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.74 × 49.37 cm (15 1/4 × 19 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1458

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Buckner 2015, no. 101

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

Exhibition History

2017

  • The Urban Scene: 1920-1950, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2017

Bibliography

2015

  • Buckner, Cindy Medley, et al. Reynold Weidenaar: A Retrospective. Michigan: Grand Rapids Art Museum, 2015, p. 105, no. 101.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: © / 1947 / RHW; lower left in graphite: Locomotive Shops; lower right in graphite: Reynold H. Weidenaar

Markings

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

Watermarks

UMBRIA / ITALIA [Fabriano Paper Mill]

Wikidata ID

Q77012852

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