Two workers stand atop a kiln-style furnace over a vat for washing wax out of batik. They are in a building with an open thatched roof, and natural light streams in from the left. The fire looks hot and smoky, the workers are dressed only in shorts, and are somewhat obscured by the smoke. The person on the left is holding a small wad of fabric, while the one on the right holds an unfolded sheet of batik above the vat.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004), Large fire stoked under vats in a batik sarong factory, Indonesia, 1949. Gelatin silver print, 13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (33.7 x 23.5 cm). 2009.071.006.
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