Untitled

c. 1930s

Piet Zwart

Associated Names
Piet Zwart

Artist, Dutch, 1885 - 1977

This is a photograph of an industrial spinning machine with spools of yarn. The image captures a section of a factory floor where a large machine is in operation. The machine features spools of yarn arranged on spinning wheels, interconnected by threads. The surface of the machine is metallic, showing signs of use. The environment is industrial, with gears and metallic components suggesting functionality. The photograph is in black and white, accentuating the textures and details of the machine and yarn spools. Lighting highlights the machine's structure and the yarn processing. There are no human figures in the image, focusing attention on the machinery and spools' placement.
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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

    2016.22.73

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, by unknown hand, vertical along upper left in blue ink: 32[2 crossed out with 3]; top right stamped in green ink: piet zwart rijksstraatweg 290 / wassenaar holland; by unknown hand, center in purple pencil: beware / 29; bottom left in graphite: BG 375; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in red pencil: 1984.23.8

Wikidata ID

Q64158834

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