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Exhibition History"Ralph Fasanella's America," Statue of Liberty National Monument/Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York, NY, July 19, 2003 - September 26, 2003; The Mennello Museum of American Folk Art, Orlando, FL, August 15, 2002 - November 17, 2002.
Artist
Ralph Fasanella
(1914 - 1997)
Bench Workers, (Morey Machine Shop)
Date1954
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 26 7/8 × 59 1/4 in. (68.3 × 150.5 cm)
Object numberN0110.2001
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of James and Judith Taylor in memory of Ralph Fasanella
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextIn the early 1950s Fasanella found steady employment through the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America at the Morey Machine Shop in Long Island City. The job provided a brief respite from the difficulties he encountered during the McCarthy era as a result of his radical affiliations. Fasanella painted the machine shop in at least two major works executed at the time. In Bench Workers, the artist provides a meticulous visual record of the shop down to the most minute details, and experiments with large-scale figures. He has depicted himself at the right, drilling holes into sheet metal.Exhibition History"Ralph Fasanella's America," Statue of Liberty National Monument/Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York, NY, July 19, 2003 - September 26, 2003; The Mennello Museum of American Folk Art, Orlando, FL, August 15, 2002 - November 17, 2002.
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c. 1911
c. 1925-1935
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