Add to ORKGSouth wall, bottom panels, second panel from the left, detail; The Detroit Industry mural cycle in the Detroit Institute of Arts is the finest example of Mexican muralist work in the United States, and Rivera considered it the most successful work of his career. The murals are a tribute to Detroit industry in the 1930s. It is one of the few major modern works to successfully incorporate representations of functional machines. Rivera transformed their physical power and practical design into dynamic images and sensual forms. In 1932, when Diego Rivera was well known in the United States as one of the leaders of the Mexican muralist movement, he was commissioned to decorate the walls of what was then called the Garden Court of the Detroit Ins...