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

The News

Artist Albert James Webb (American, 1891 - 1975)

Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project , NYC Studio (1935 - 1943)

Date1936-1943

Made/manufacturedNew York, New York

MediumIntaglio

Dimensionssheet: 13 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (34.9 x 29.2 cm)
image: 10 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (26 x 24.1 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 numberL2012.54.68

Collections

MODERN

DescriptionTwo old women are talking at the door of a shop; one sits on a box beside the door as if the seller of goods; a basket is on the floor, a hanging weight is in back hanging from the doorframe; lots of shoppers and vendors in background.