National Defense
The Met
Artist: William Tasker(American)
Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 × 36 in. (76.2 × 91.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Pennsylvania W. P. A., 1943
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
A factory with smoking pipes stands beside a plowed field where a tractor is working
Detailed Description
A towering factory building with small, rectangular windows rises vertically on the left, flanked by several tall, cylindrical silos. Numerous dark pipes, some bent at sharp angles, emerge from the factory structure and extend across the lower and central parts of the image. Thick plumes of white smoke billow from various points along these pipes and from the base of the factory, spreading horizontally across the mid-ground and partially obscuring some industrial elements. To the right of the industrial complex, a vast, open field stretches into the distance, characterized by distinct, dark plowed rows that curve gently. A small tractor, seen from a slightly elevated perspective, is positioned in the middle of this field, casting a long, dark shadow to its left. The sky above is filled with heavy, dark clouds. The image is rendered in a monochromatic palette, with strong diagonal lines formed by the pipes and the plowed field.
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