The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 17, 2026

A horizontally oriented lithograph depicts eight men with medium-light skin tones paving a city street. On the left, one man shovels steaming asphalt from a truck while others shovel the dark pile below. In the center and right, men use long-handled tools to smooth the hot surface. City buildings and parked cars line the background. Textured lines and dark shadows define the figures in this gritty black-and-white scene.

Asphalt Workers

1928

William Wolfson

(American, 1894–1966)
America
lithograph
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1947.390
Location: Not on view
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.390