White Factory

White Factory

Niles SpencerWW-1928-M066390
1928·Lithograph, with chine collé·composition: 8 11/16 x 13 9/16" (22 x 34.5 cm)

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1928
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composition: 8 11/16 x 13 9/16" (22 x 34.5 cm)

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Niles Spencer

Niles Spencer was an American painter known for urban and industrial landscapes rendered in a precisionist style that emphasized geometric forms, clean lines, and flattened perspective. Active primarily between the 1920s and 1950s, he depicted factories, bridges, and architectural elements with a formal rigor that aligned him with the American Precisionist movement. His work reduced complex industrial scenes to essential shapes and planes, creating compositions of austere elegance. Spencer's approach bridged early modernism and social observation, treating industrial infrastructure as worthy subject matter for serious artistic inquiry.

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Year
1928
Dimensions
composition: 8 11/16 x 13 9/16" (22 x 34.5 cm)
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WW-1928-M066390

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