About the Object
In this drawing of plane parts in a factory, we can make out the shape of a plane tail and a grid that recalls a window or the girders of a ceiling. These orderly forms that suggest construction are surrounded by jagged-edged forms that call to mind the destruction wrought by these planes.
Additional Information
In December 1944, Crawford received a commission from Burton Tremaine, president and chairman of the Miller Lighting Company, to commemorate the installation of nine miles of continuous fluorescent lighting in the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft plant in Buffalo, New York. Crawford was given special permission to photograph inside the plant, taking at least a dozen pictures and creating dozens of drawings. He painted at least 11 related paintings.
The Artist;
Estate of the Artist;
By descent to the Artist’s son, Neelon Crawford, Wyoming;
[Menconi & Schoelkopf, New York, NY];
Laramie, WY. University of Wyoming Art Museum. Ralston Crawford: The Artist’s Eye, August 23-December 20, 2014, p. 181, ill. p. 40.