About the Object
This ink drawing of plane parts and fixtures in a factory contains shapes that suggest a nacelle, wing, ladder, and ceiling rafters. The device of a white rectangle against dark forms also appears in Bikini, Tour of Inspection (VF2015.01.01).
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. 184, ill. p.134.