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Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

The image shows an industrial setting with a steel bridge in the distance. Smoke and steam fill the upper half, while the horizon is marked by the bridge in the middle. The bridge divides the sky from the industrial elements below. The artwork features energetic black brushstrokes creating a sense of motion. Railway tracks lead towards large structures emitting smoke. In the distance, a water body reflects the chaotic scene, with industrial structures in the skyline. The monochrome color palette emphasizes light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6811

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1931, no. 475


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

  • Wuerth, Louis A. Catalogue of the Lithographs of Joseph Pennell. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1931.

Wikidata ID

Q65022508

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