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Interior Sand Blasting Chamber, 1935

Perkins Harnly

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of an industrial interior with machinery. The scene depicts a room filled with industrial equipment, featuring a sturdy metal door at the center with a sign labeled "Fallout Shelter". Metal pipes and ducts run along the ceiling and walls. There's a control panel to the right and metal structures creating a grid-like design around the equipment. Natural light streams in from the windows on the left, casting shadows and brightening the workspace. There is a poster on the wall with some imagery. This is in the style of Charles Sheeler, known for his industrial precisionism.

Artwork Details

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
4479 × 3424 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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