Soaking Pits
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View on museum website →Medium
etching in black
Dimensions
plate: 25.7 × 35 cm (10 1/8 × 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 31.8 × 39.8 cm (12 1/2 × 15 11/16 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
2008.115.3714
Art Historical Context
**Soaking Pits***Jackson Lee Nesbitt 1946* Etching in black; plate: 25.7 × 35 cm (10 1/8 × 13 3/4 in.); sheet: 31.8 × 39.8 cm (12 1/2 × 15 11/16 in.) Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Re and Dave Williams, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Created in 1946, *Soaking Pits* is a striking black etching by American printmaker Jackson Lee Nesbitt, the raw power of postwar American industry. The title refers to the massive furnaces used in steel mills to heat ingots before rolling, evoking the gritty world of heavy manufacturing that fueled the U.S. economy after World War II. Ne...