Munitions City, No.I

1916

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

The image shows a bird's-eye view of an industrial landscape with various buildings, smokestacks, and a bridge over a river. The horizon blends into a hazy sky filled with factory smoke. The bridge is central, casting shadows in the water, and leading the eye towards the industrial complex in the distance. Loose, sketch-like brushstrokes suggest movement and texture, blending solid forms with fading elements. The monochromatic palette of black and white creates depth and atmosphere in this depiction of an industrial setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6836

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1931, no. 455


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

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

Wikidata ID

Q65022534

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