Interior Sand Blasting Chamber, 1935

1935/1942

Perkins Harnly

Associated Names
Perkins Harnly

Artist, American, 1901 - 1986

This is a painting of an industrial interior with machinery. The scene depicts a room filled with industrial equipment, featuring a sturdy metal door at the center with a sign labeled "Fallout Shelter". Metal pipes and ducts run along the ceiling and walls. There's a control panel to the right and metal structures creating a grid-like design around the equipment. Natural light streams in from the windows on the left, casting shadows and brightening the workspace. There is a poster on the wall with some imagery. This is in the style of Charles Sheeler, known for his industrial precisionism.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Albert Lewin

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 56.2 × 75 cm (22 1/8 × 29 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.1.29


Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q64619352

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