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Diego Rivera's “Detroit Industry” Mural at the Detroit Institute of the Arts

Commissioned by Edsel Ford, this mural cycle by Diego Rivera is entitled “Detroit Industry.” It was painted on the interior walls of the courtyard, now known as the Rivera Court, of the Detroit Institute of Arts. The theme is three-pronged: the representation of the races that shape North American culture and comprise its work force, the automobile industry, and the other industries of Detroit (medical, pharmaceutical and chemical). In an upper side panel on the north wall, a beardless Louis Pasteur looks through a microscope; in the foreground, a Christ-like child receives treatment.

Date: 1933

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Acknowledgment: Bert Hansen and the Detroit Institute of the Arts

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