WikicatalogWork full-sized image full-sized image
TitleDetroit Industry Murals
AgentRivera, Diego
SubjectIndustrial
DescriptionView of the North WallDetail of the North Wall
Publisher
Contributor
Date (of work)1933
Work TypePainting & Drawing
Work ID RiveraDetroitMurals
Measurements
Materialfresco
Techniquemural
Identifier04361.0404360.04
SourceHildebrand orig (2004)Hildebrand orig (2004)
Language
Relationfresco cycle in the Institute for the Artsdetaildetail
Date of photo
Location/siteUnited States, Michigan, Detroit
GIS Coordinates+42.359292-83.064797/
Location/MuseumUnited States, Michigan, Detroit, Institute for the Arts
Museum Inventory No.
Style/PeriodTwentieth Century
Movement/DynastyRegionalism
RightsownerGrant Hildebrand; UW CAUP VRCGrant Hildebrand; UW CAUP VRC
Searchwordslabor, assembly line, automobile, machinery
NotesDetroit Institute of Arts' director, William Valentiner, commissioned the 27 murals to celebrate local industry; it was funded by Edsel Ford; Based on visits to the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge complex
Record authorH. SeneffH. SeneffH. Seneff

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