Bottling the Big Shell

1916

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

This is a drawing of an industrial scene with large machinery in a factory setting. The image shows a detailed interior of a factory filled with large mechanical equipment. The equipment appears to be a large press or machinery for shaping or rolling metal, with the title "Rolling the Big Shell" at the bottom. The room is expansive, featuring industrial pipes and high ceilings. Light and shadow create depth and highlight workers engaging with the machinery. They seem to be collaborating, possibly guiding a large object on a rail track. The image has a monochromatic tone, emphasizing the mechanical and hard-working atmosphere of the industrial age.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6874

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1931, no. 427


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

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

Wikidata ID

Q65022573

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