Melvin Day
Factory Scene
Artwork Detail
Melvin Day's 'Factory Scene', 1950, was made when the artist was living in Rotorua and is based on scenes from the local pulp and paper mill. The work reflects Day's interest in urban imagery and modern subject matter, and reveals the influence of Weeks' work including 'Industry', 1936.
Day uses a repetition of forms to echo the continuous movement of man and machine. The workers are intergrated within the machinery and appear featureless, echoining the dehumanisation of industrialisation.
- Title
- Factory Scene
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1950
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 405 x 535 mm
- Inscription
- Signed Day LL, undated
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Melvin and Oroya Day, 2015
- Accession no
- 2015/25/6
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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