The Bay of the Thousand Girls

1916

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

This is a drawing of an industrial scene within a large factory or warehouse. The interior is filled with rows of machinery and stacks of cylindrical objects. There is a central aisle with workers performing tasks like pushing carts, carrying goods, and tending to machines. The structure is supported by tall columns and overhead beams. The artist has portrayed the busy atmosphere of industrial productivity through detailed lines and shading to convey depth and complexity in the space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6872

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1931, no. 428


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

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

Wikidata ID

Q65022571

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