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Century of the Common Man: Free Man's Duties 3

1943
(American, 1892–1985)
America, 20th century
color screenprint
Support: Laid paper, folded
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Sheet: 50.5 x 81 cm (19 7/8 x 31 7/8 in.); Image: 39.2 x 33.5 cm (15 7/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Gift of Mary Ryan 1999.305
Catalogue raisonné: Mary Ryan's Gallery 74
Edition: 54
Location: not on view
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Screenprinting was originally used for commercial purposes sometime in the early 20th century. During the early 1930s artists started to use the technique to make original prints, a practice propelled by the founding of the Silk Screen Unit of the Graphics Section of the New York City WPA (Works Progress Administration) Art Project in 1938, one of a number of federal programs that provided employment for artists during the Depression. This powerful and poignant image is from a portfolio of 19 screenprints that accompanied a text by Vice President Henry A. Wallace, a project conceived as a contribution to the war effort in 1943.
Century of the Common Man: Free Man's Duties 3

Century of the Common Man: Free Man's Duties 3

1943

Hugo Gellert, International Workers Order, Inc.

(American, 1892–1985), null
America, 20th century

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