About the Object
Crawford created this ink drawing after his visit to the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft plant in Buffalo, New York. It is part of a group of studies including Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Plant Aircraft Study (VF2013.01.16) and Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Plant Aircraft Study (VF2013.01.18), that feature explorations of a wing fabrication fixture and an airplane wing.
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;
By descent to the Artist’s son, John C. Crawford, Brooklyn, NY;
Navratil, Emily Schuchardt. “Curtiss-Wright,” in Rick Kinsel, et al., Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War. London: Merrell, 2021, ill. p. 143.