Graving dock under construction, showing electric gantry, August 1943

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number ART30268.006
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 27.4 cm x 36.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description brown ink waqsh with pen and ink over pencil on paper
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

Construction of the Sydney Graving Dock, showing a landscape of cranes and electric gantry. 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.