Old Mill at Mountain Brook

Carrie Hill

1928

  • Titles Old Mill at Mountain Brook (Title)
  • Artist Carrie Hill, American, 1875 - 1957
  • Medium oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 32 1/2 × 38 1/4 in. (82.6 × 97.2 cm) frame: 38 1/2 × 44 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (97.8 × 113 × 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by Dr. Julius Linn, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hulsey, Mrs. Elberta Reid, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Worthen, AFI.73.2014
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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One pyramidal wing of this two-part sculpture shows three male figures standing above a mass of figures. The three men wear robes and one holds a microphone. They reach down toward a figure wearing a crown of coins. That figure is surrounded by others, including an nude woman and a man on whose head he rets his hand. Among this tangle of people are the wheels of industry. On the alternate side of this wing figures in bowler hats holding ticker tape, as other individuals (in some cases distinguished as African American by attributes of their appearance) turn the wheels of industry. On the other pyramidal wing of the sculpture, three men stand above another tangle of figures. The man on the proper right reaches down toward the figures, resting his hand on a cascade of coins that runs to the base of the sculpture. Divided by that cascade of coins are two figural groups. On one side a bridge is represented, as are bolts of lightning (likely suggesting electrification). One man uses surveying equpiment, another holds shovels. On the opposite side of the sculpture, men progress away from the base, seemingly working together. Above them stands an academic, and below them are the wheels of industry. At the base of the sculpture the initials of New Deal organizations are included: FERA, NRA, PWA, CWA, WPA.
In this black and white photograph, a street and sidewalk are seen from above. Two vehicles are parked on the street, and a number of figures occupy the sidewalk. Some of the figures are shoe shiners, with shoe shining stands and chairs near the curb, and others are passersby. One man is seated, having his shoes shined by another man. A metal girder is seen in the foreground of the image, holding up what could be a train track next to the post for a street light. On the lower half of the post, two signs hang. One includes an image of an arrow pointing right and reads “TERMINAL.”
Untitled, Seymour Lipton, oil crayon on paper
Memento Vivere, North Transept, Cathedral of Evreux, John Taylor Arms, etching