Tempera Painting, "The Strike," by Arthur R. Lehmann, 1941
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Artifact Overview
Arthur Lehmann created this painting while employed by the Works Progress Administration in Detroit. Lehmann chanced upon unionizing efforts at the Ford Rouge Plant in 1937, creating a sketch of workers picketing outside the plant gates. Ultimately, the workers were successful and in 1941 Ford became a union shop. In a meticulously personal style, Lehmann depicts the unionizing process in the finished painting.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Painting (Visual work)
Date Made
1941
Subject Date
1937
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2013.126.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Tina Emenheiser and Richard T. Lehmann.
Material
Tempera
Canvas
Wood (Plant material)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 23 in
Width: 29 in
Inscriptions
Signed in lower corner: Arthur Lehmann / 1941
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