East Wall mural

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco
mural
work of art
artMovement Mexican muralism
collection permanent collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
colorPalette polychrome
commissionedBy Detroit Institute of Arts
Edsel Ford
completionDate 1933
conservationStatus well preserved
country United States
creator Diego Rivera
culturalContext Great Depression era United States
linked to: Great Depression

industrialization of the early 20th century
depicts assembly line
automobile manufacturing
factory interior
industrial production
industrial workers
labor
machinery
technology
exhibitionVenue Detroit Institute of Arts Rivera Court
genre history painting
social realist art
hasPart conveyor belts
factory architecture
figures of workers
large industrial machines
steel beams
inception early 1930s
languageOfWork none
locatedIn Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts
Michigan
materialUsed pigment
wet plaster
medium fresco painting
notableFor detailed depiction of industrial labor
integration with surrounding Detroit Industry Murals
monumental scale
partOf Detroit Industry Murals
partOfSeries cycle of 27 fresco panels
significantPlace Rivera Court
subjectHeading industry in Detroit
relationship between labor and technology

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Detroit Industry Murals hasPart East Wall mural