West Wall mural

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The West Wall mural is one of Diego Rivera’s monumental fresco panels in the Detroit Institute of Arts, depicting themes of industrial labor and technology as part of the larger Detroit Industry Murals cycle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco mural
public artwork
wall painting
artMovement Mexican muralism
commissionedBy Detroit Institute of Arts
Edsel Ford
completionDate 1933
conservationStatus preserved and maintained by Detroit Institute of Arts
country United States
creator Diego Rivera
depicts Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant
assembly line production
automobile manufacturing
factory workers
industrial labor
industrial modernity
industrial technology
machinery
relationship between humans and machines
genre social realism
hasPart central industrial scene
conveyor belts
engine components
figures representing industrial coordination
workers operating machinery
inception 1932
languageOfWork visual art
locatedInTheStructure Rivera Court
location Detroit Institute of Arts
materialUsed fresco
notableWorkOf Diego Rivera
orientation west wall of Rivera Court
partOf Detroit Industry Murals
partOfSeries cycle of 27 fresco panels
significantEvent controversy over depiction of industry and labor
theme class relations
industrial production
industry
labor
technology

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Detroit Industry Murals hasPart West Wall mural