Young Henry Ford and Companions in a Workshop, by Irving Bacon, 1938
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Artifact Overview
Artist Irving Bacon depicted Henry Ford's first workshop in this 1938 painting. It was one of a series commissioned by Ford to illustrate some of the industrialist's fondest childhood memories. Young Henry cranks the bellows at his forge while a friend experiments with the coffee grinder at left.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Painting (Visual work)
Date Made
1938
Subject Date
circa 1878
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.28.12
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Canvas
Oil paint (Paint)
Technique
Oil painting (Technique)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 26 in (Frame Height)
Width: 34 in (Frame width)
Depth: 1.5 in (Frame depth)
Height: 22 in (Opening Height)
Width: 30 in (Opening Width)
Inscriptions
Artist name signed in lower right corner:
Irving R. Bacon / 1938
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Henry Ford began restoration of his Dearborn, Michigan, birthplace in 1919. He repaired or replaced the farm buildings and filled the small, white clapboard house with original or similar furnishings he remembered from his boyhood. He dedicated the restoration to the memory of his beloved mother, Mary Litogot Ford, who died in 1876. In 1944, the house and outbuildings were moved to Greenfield Village.