The Boat Builders

1917

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

This is a drawing of a boat-building workshop. The image depicts an interior scene with boats at various construction stages. A large boat hull is in the foreground, with figures working around and within it. Tools and materials are scattered on the workbench and the ground. The background shows more boats and figures engaged in similar tasks, creating a sense of depth and activity. The sketch's lines convey motion and the dynamic nature of the workspace.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6931

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1931, no. 498


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

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

Wikidata ID

Q65022631

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