Artwork Details
- Title
- Island Dock Yard
- Artist
- Date
- 1934
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 32 1⁄4 x 48 1⁄8 in. (81.8 x 122.2 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Architecture — vehicle — truck
- Architecture — industry — Island Dock Co. Inc.
- New Deal — Public Works of Art Project — New York State
- Landscape — bird’s eye view
- Architecture — vehicle — train
- Architecture — industry — shipyard
- Object Number
- 1964.1.94
Artwork Description
Fortess described his painting as "a view of the Kingston Point railway yard, showing track intersections, [a] station, freight trains, . . . shacks, and [a] background of buildings with a suggestion of a plain and barren winter trees [on] a grey day." The artist emphasized the angular geometry of the structures. He played the predominant shadowy gray colors against spots of intense red, yellow, and blue. Trucks and trains hurry to and fro, but the action proceeds without the presence of a single visible human figure.
1934: A New Deal for Artists exhibition label