Main concrete mixing plant, Sydney graving dock Accession Number: ART30258

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Foreground depicts two men shoveling cement at Sydney Graving Dock. The main concrete mixing plant occupies the background. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative of the scale of the project being undertaken. The artist also utilises social realism as a means to facilitate the viewer's appreciation of the co-operation between workers.

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Accession Number
ART30258
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: brown pen and ink with watercolour over pencil heightened with white on paper
Measurement
Overall: 57.4 cm x 40 cm
Medium
brown pen and ink with watercolour over pencil heightened with white on paper
Date Made
c 1943-c 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by the Allied Works Council 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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