Video Parts (2)
This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Diego Rivera Industrial Mural, Detroit Institute of Arts Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Close-up of full scale and color cartoons hanging on wall - worker tracing cartoon - worker making pattern of cartoon - Diego Rivera on floor of room carrying a level, a triangle and a plumb bob - Rivera hanging plumb bob from beam on scaffolding, pointing at mural wall - workers on scaffolding leveling and tacking sheets of paper to wall over final cartoon - Rivera using plumb bob to sight with and giving directions for lining up paper - Rivera on floor from above, fountain - worker tracing final cartoon onto paper on wall - rolling up paper - final cartoon being traced in heavy lines - partially completed mural on wall - close-up of powdered paint and putty knife, worker mixing paint - worker mixing paint on board - paint brushes in can, small round tray spattered with paint sample. [1932]
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