Diego Rivera Industrial Mural, Detroit Institute of Arts Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Partially completed industrial mural on wall, scaffolding, workers - room housing industrial mural as seen through iron latticework, fountain in center of room - scenes of various sections of mural - close-up of tablet in hands of figure, ‘These Frescoes painted between July 25, 1932 and March 13, 1933 while Doctor William R. Valentiner was director of the Art Institute are the gift to the city of Detroit of Mr. Edsel B. Ford, president of the Art Commission’ - spectators near large columns in room - close-up of portrait of Henry Ford - scenes of sections of mural. [1933]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects