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DiegoRiveraDetroitIA

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Image ID :	04360w04
View/Description :	Detail of the north wall mural
Image Creator :	Grant Hildebrand
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Image Source :	University of Washington, College of Built Environments, Visual Resources Collection
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Rights Owner :	Grant Hildebrand (for all but educational use)
URL to larger image :	http://wikicatalog.pbwiki.com/f/UWCAUPVRC4360w04.jpg

Image ID :	04361w04
View/Description :	North wall mural
Image Creator :	Grant Hildebrand
Image Date :
Image Source :	University of Washington, College of Built Environments, Visual Resources Collection
Notes :
Rights Owner :	Grant Hildebrand (for all but educational use)
URL to larger image :	http://wikicatalog.pbwiki.com/f/UWCAUPVRC4361w04.jpg

Work ID :	DiegoRiveraDetroitIA
Title :	Detroit Industry Murals
Creator/Agent :	Rivera, Diego
Date (of work) :	1933
Location/Site :	Detroit, MI United States [TGN] Detroit [TGN]
GIS Coordinates :	+42.359292-83.064797/
Location/Museum :	Detroit, MI: Institute of Art
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Description :	Based on visits to the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge complex, the murals celebrate the industrial might of the United States
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Work Type :	Painting fresco painting
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Material :	fresco
Technique :	fresco painting
Style/Period/ Group/Movement :	Twentieth Century Regionalism Socialism
Cultural Context :	American Socialism Depression
Subject :	Labor Industry Work machinery
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Keywords :	labor, assembly line, automobile, furnace, machinery, toil
Notes :	Detroit Institute of Arts' director, William Valentiner, commissioned the 27 murals to celebrate local industry; it was funded by Edsel Ford