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Furnaces at Night

1916

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names

Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

The image shows an elevated view of an industrial complex with towering structures, chimneys emitting smoke or steam, and a textured sky. The brushstrokes create movement and energy in the sky, with a monochromatic color palette of blacks and whites. Curved tracks lead the eye through the composition, emphasizing depth and the industrial landscape with billowing forms blending into the cloudy sky.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.6925
Catalogue Raisonné

Wuerth 1931, no. 436

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2000

Dow Chemical Portrayed, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, 2000: no cat. no.

Bibliography

1931

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

Wikidata ID

Q65022625

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