Cement workers, Sydney graving dock

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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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.