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Wash Line

1927

Edwin Kaufman

(American, 1906–1939)
Culture
America, Ohio, Cleveland
Medium
etching
Support
Laid paper
Measurements
Platemark: 9.9 x 13.2 cm (3 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Hays Gries 1942.909
Edition
5/100
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Kaufman later produced art for the Works Progress Administration, a government organization whose artists typically followed the American Scene style.

Description

In this work, nestled houses and a drifting laundry line evoke a domestic ambience that aligns with the American Scene movement. Although often associated with the Great Depression that would start a few years later, this movement emphasized the depiction of regional life, particularly in the Midwest, through easily legible images. The scene pictured here is likely set in or around Cleveland, where Edwin Kaufman lived at the time.
A horizontally oriented print in black ink depicts a low slat fence in front of wooden buildings. On our left, a tall structure stands beside a shed with a slanted roof. In the center background, a bare tree with spindly branches rises. A gabled house sits on the right. Dark, hatched lines texture the scene against the paper. Lower margin text reads Wash line and Edwin Kaufman.

Wash Line

1927

Edwin Kaufman

(American, 1906–1939)
America, Ohio, Cleveland

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