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The People Work

1937

Benton Spruance

(American, 1904–1967)
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Culture
America
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
Image: 34.8 x 48 cm (13 11/16 x 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40.5 x 57.8 cm (15 15/16 x 22 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2006.114
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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This series of lithographs shows the artist Benton Spruance’s affinity for Mexican mural painting by such artists as Diego Rivera.
A horizontally oriented black-and-white lithograph depicts crowds of hatted people with light skin tones in a multilevel subway station. In the upper half, figures ascend staircases and move through hallways, flanking a central ticket booth. Below, the composition splits between passengers inside a train car on the left and a dense line of commuters waiting on a platform to the right. Deep shadows define the rounded, heavy figures and stark architectural shapes.

The People Work

1937

Benton Spruance

(American, 1904–1967)
America

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