Engine Room
1930
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lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 30.5 x 25.4 cm (12 x 10 in.) sheet: 39.4 x 34.3 cm (15 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.1309
Art Historical Context
Howard Cook's *Engine Room* (1930), a striking black lithograph on w paper, captures the raw power of industrial machinery during America's interwar era. Measuring 30.5 x 25.4 cm (image) on a 39.4 x 34.3 cm sheet, this print from the National Gallery of Art Reba and Dave Williams invites viewers into the mechanical heart of modern life—likely a ship's engine room, alive with gears, pistons, and rhythmic energy. As a master of printmaking, Cook employed lithography's planographic technique, drawing with greasy crayon on a stone or plate to achieve nuanced tones and crisp details without raised...