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Cranes at Duisburg

1910

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names

Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

The image shows an industrial scene with various structures like cranes and smokestacks. Factory chimneys emit smoke in the distance. The drawing is detailed with fine lines and a monochromatic color palette of black and white. Two figures are seated on the ground surrounded by industrial elements like train cars and tracks. Large machinery and structural frameworks are on the right, along with cranes and equipment spread across the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Gift of Addie Burr Clark
Accession Number

1946.9.205
Catalogue Raisonné

Wuerth 1928, no. 612

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1928

Wuerth, Louis A. Catalogue of the Etchings of Joseph Pennell. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1928.

Wikidata ID

Q65080180

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