[DIEGO RIVERA INDUSTRIAL MURAL, DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS]
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Close-ups of scenes in industrial mural - worker drawing final drawing on wall - scaffolding, blank wall. Close-ups of several scenes in mural - worker drawing full scale drawing - worker making patterns of sketch - workers on scaffolding making patterns on wall - Diego Rivera tracing final drawing in heavier lines - Rivera on scaffolding painting - Rivera talking to man and woman - drawing in full scale and color - Rivera on floor near scaffolding and fountain - close-ups of Rivera - spectators watching Rivera at work - wall that has been marked off and divided into quadrangle in order to accurately enlarge sketch on wall - worker plastering over final drawing. [1932]
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