Subway Bootblack
c. 1937
Artist, American, 1910 - 1985

Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 34.7 x 44.7 cm (13 11/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
sheet: 40.3 x 54 cm (15 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2002.98.155
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Susan Teller Gallery, New York); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 14, 2000; gift to NGA, 2002.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center in graphite: Subway Bootblack; lower right in graphite: Nan Lurie; lower left stamped in black: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC / WPA
Wikidata ID
Q76349053