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The New Gun-Pit

1916

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names

Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

This is a drawing of an industrial scene inside a factory. The image depicts a large interior space with industrial equipment, including a crane, cylindrical containers, and scattered pipes and machinery on the floor. Sunlight filters through narrow windows, illuminating the scene. The perspective and shading emphasize the scale and complexity of the environment.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.6840
Catalogue Raisonné

Wuerth 1931, no. 452

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

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

Wikidata ID

Q65022538

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