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Cement Silos
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| Accession #: | 2585.1 |
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| Title: | Cement Silos |
| Object Type: | Painting |
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| Physical Description: | Watercolor painting on paper. |
| Description: | This painting of Great Northern Railway railroad cars idling on a siding near cement silos at the Grand Coulee Dam construction site is one of a series of twenty-two watercolors by Vanessa Helder. Completed between 1939 and 1941, the series documents the construction of Grand Coulee Dam, capturing both the grand scale and the subtle nuance of one of the largest public works projects in the history of America. In skillfully orchestrated compositions Helder juxtaposes the wild eastern Washington landscape with human-made structures; these paintings possess an unmistakable vitality that came from the artist's keen observation of the strong contrasts of light, shadow, and color present in the semi-arid landscape of eastern Washington. |
| Category: | Art |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Watercolor (Artwork->Painting); Landscape (Artwork->Subject); Railroad (Industry)
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| Geographical Reference: | Grand Coulee Dam (Regional) |
| Dimensions: |
Image Dimensions HxW 14 3/4 x 22 1/4"
Mat Dimensions HxW 24 1/8 x 28 1/8"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
Watercolor (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
"Vanessa Helder," lower right corner, front
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| Credit Line: | Museum Purchase, 1954 |
| Copyright: |
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