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Industrial Composition
Edmund D. Lewandowski
American Art
One of the younger Precisionist artists, Edmund Lewandowski celebrated the industrialized landscapes of his native Midwest. In this watercolor, he reduced the factory structures of the Allis-Chalmers complex (an agricultural machinery manufactory outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin) to a flattened, abstracted arrangement of geometric shapes. Despite its limited palette and lack of a human presence, Industrial Composition evinces a sense of vitality through the syncopated patterns of lines and planes.
MEDIUM
Watercolor over graphite on off-white, moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper
DATES
1939
DIMENSIONS
21 15/16 x 29 15/16 in. (55.7 x 76 cm)
Frame: 28 x 36 x 1 1/2 in. (71.1 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Partial watermark: "HAYLE MILL LINEN-5"; Countermark: "HANDMADE / HANDMADE"; Partial embossed stamp: "Line / Grumbac"
SIGNATURE
Signed and dated lower right: "E. D. Lewandowski 1939"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
41.513
CREDIT LINE
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Edmund D. Lewandowski (American, 1914–1998). Industrial Composition, 1939. Watercolor over graphite on off-white, moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper, 21 15/16 x 29 15/16 in. (55.7 x 76 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 41.513. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.513_cropped_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
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