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Consumers
Consumers
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Consumers

Artist Ida Abelman (American, 1910 - 2002)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project , NYC Studio (1935 - 1943)
Date1936-1943
Place of originNew York, New York, United States
MediumEtching
DimensionsMat: 24 x 20 in. (60.96 x 50.8 cm)
Paper: 21 x 15 7/8 in. (53.34 x 40.32 cm)
Image: 14 15/16 x 11 7/8 in. (37.94 x 30.16 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineCourtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration, commissioned through the New Deal Art Projects, with gratitude to Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object numberL2012.54.1
Collections
Visual DescriptionWPA etching of urban poverty and fatigue, figurative
Street Patterns
Ida Abelman
1937
Janitor's Kids
Ida Abelman
1935-1942
Near Wallabout Market
Ida Abelman
1935-1942
Young girl seated with proper right foot resting on chair leg-brace, she holds a bouquet of flowers in her right arm, she is wearing a hat that creates a halo shape around her head, the chair sits on an oval rug on a wood planked floor.
Ida Binney
c. 1940
A person in a booth appears to be speaking. Behind them, a wheel looks to be mounted on the wall, surrounded by what seems to be dolls, teapots, vases, and dishes. The background shows a grassy field with people walking around, and a roller coaster in the distance.
Ida Binney
c. 1935-1943
Monday Ritual
Ida Binney
1936-1943
Abstract figurative, black linear drawing over colored areas in mauve, aqua, and sienna; constructivist, futurist style with heavy influence of Picasso
Stanley William Hayter
1952
Night Windows
John Sloan
c. 1910
A sepia-toned etching depicts a waterfront with wooden buildings on stilts over calm water. A tall crane and several ship masts rise above the docks, while small rowboats float nearby.
Charles Adam Platt
1881
An etching of a landscape with a large leafy tree and tall reeds on a riverbank, overlooking calm water and faint distant hills.
Eliza Greatorex
1880
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