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English War Work: Building the Great Turret

1916

Joseph Pennell

(American, 1857–1926)
Culture
America
Medium
lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of Salmon P. Halle 1921.543
Catalogue raisonné
Wuerth 449
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Not on view
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A vertically oriented lithograph depicts a massive industrial interior. Centered, a large, rounded metal turret rises, surrounded by scaffolding with a tall ladder leaning against it. Numerous tiny figures work atop the turret and on the floor below. Above, thick horizontal girders span the space beneath a glass roof. Sketchy black lines and dense hatching create dramatic light and shadow, emphasizing the immense scale of the machinery within the cavernous workshop.

English War Work: Building the Great Turret

1916

Joseph Pennell

(American, 1857–1926)
America

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