Steel mill: glowing ingot

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Steel mill: glowing ingot
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  • Title :     Steel mill: glowing ingot
  • Artist:     Byron Musser Artist
  • Accession:     84.5.106.1
  • Country:     United States New York New York
  • Date:     circa 1938
  • Dimensions:     Inches 26-7/8 21-5/8 Dimensions, painting Inches 21-1/2 17 Dimensions, support, Centimeters 68.3 54.9 Dimensions, painting Centimeters 54.6 43.2 Dimensions, support
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Industrial Design
  • Subject:     Machines , Industry
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     84.5.106.1.JPG
  • Tags:     Industrial Design~Paintings and Scuplture
Description:
Oil painting on paper mounted to board depicting factory production; image consists of a stylized factory interior; at top right are multiple windows from which rays of light emanate; at left a glowing ingot is suspended from a mechanized arm above a vat of molten liquid; in the foreground is a conveyor belt.