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Shell Factory, No.I

1917

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names

Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

This is a drawing of an industrial factory interior showing a large hall filled with machinery and tools. The architecture features tall ceilings with metal support beams and large windows letting in light. The factory floor is crowded with equipment and numerous figures working or moving around. The image conveys a sense of energy and activity within the industrial setting, with detailed rendering of the machinery and structural elements.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.6896
Catalogue Raisonné

Wuerth 1931, no. 485

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

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

Wikidata ID

Q65022595

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