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Accession Number | ART30256 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 75.5 cm x 55.4 cm; Framed: 93 cm x 72.5 cm x 5 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | varnished gouache on cardboard |
Maker |
McClintock, Herbert |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Cement workers, Sydney graving dock
Description
Four cement workers at Sydney graving dock carrying out heavy manual work working using equipment such as shovels. Cranes and ladders and building structures fill the background. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative of the scale of the project being undertaken. The artist also utilises social realism as a means to facilitate the viewer's appreciation of the co-operation between workers.