Blast Furnace #1

Artist Harry Sternberg (American, 1904 - 2001)

Date1937

MediumEtching and crayon aquatint

DimensionsPlatemark: 11 × 8 3/8 in. (27.9 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (37.8 × 30.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Karen and Robert Hoehn

CultureAmerican

PortfolioSeries on steel workers: Moore 144-154

Catalogue raisonnéMoore 147

Object numberPC2012.14

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionBlast furnace at a steel mill in action: smoke billows out of the top of the furnace while workers at the bottom shovel coal at the epicenter of light and action in the image. The furnace's structure is situated on the left side of the image, in reversal of 'Blast Furnace #2".

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