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 NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Detroit Institute of Arts NERFINISHED
Edsel Ford NERFINISHED
completionDate 1933
conservationStatus preserved and maintained by Detroit Institute of Arts
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Diego Rivera NERFINISHED
depicts Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
location Detroit Institute of Arts NERFINISHED
materialUsed fresco
notableWorkOf Diego Rivera NERFINISHED
orientation west wall of Rivera Court
partOf Detroit Industry Murals NERFINISHED
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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