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In the foreground, men work backstage to hoist a curtain while dancers (female and male) practice in the background. One man holds a red ladder.
Stage Hands
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Stage Hands

Artist Leonard Pytlak (American, 1910-1998)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Datec. 1936-1941
MediumColor woodcut
Dimensionssheet: 15 x 17 1/2 in. (38.1 x 44.5 cm)
image: 11 7/8 x 14 in. (30.2 x 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams
Object number1992.11.115
Collections
Visual DescriptionIn the foreground, men work backstage to hoist a curtain while dancers (female and male) practice in the background. One man holds a red ladder.
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