An Escalator in an Underground Factory
Purchase, Leslie and Johanna Garfield Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace, Charles and Jessie Price, and David T Schiff Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Dolores Valvidia Hurlburt Bequest, PECO Foundation and Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2019
Catalogue
- Year
- 1944
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 17 1/4 in. × 15 in. (43.8 × 38.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Frank Dobson
Artist

Sculpture
Frank Dobson was a British sculptor who worked primarily in stone and bronze during the early to mid-twentieth century. A defining figure in British modernist sculpture, he developed a distinctive approach to form that balanced abstraction with figural reference, often drawing on classical proportions and natural materials. His work was central to the development of direct carving practices in Britain and represented a significant alternative to the more decorative traditions that preceded him.
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Record
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- Frank Dobson
- Year
- 1944
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 17 1/4 in. × 15 in. (43.8 × 38.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1944-010957
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





