Jean-Claude Golvin

Huilerie de la Garde

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

34.5 × 49.7 cm (Overall) 25.1 × 35.2 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

La Garde

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Aerial view of the oil mill at La Garde. The drawing is in landscape format. It is organized within a frame drawn in ink. Inscriptions and traces of watercolor, ink and graphite are visible in the margins. A preparatory graphite drawing appears on the reverse.
This scene of daily life depicts the interior of an oil mill with two presses and men at work, and outside, the storage of oil amphorae and their transport by cart.

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