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

The Gleaners

Artist Albert James Webb (American, 1891 - 1975)

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

Datec. 1935-1940

Made/manufacturedNew York, New York

MediumEtching

Dimensionssheet: 10 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (26.7 x 34 cm)
image: 8 x 9 7/8 in. (20.3 x 25.1 cm)
matt: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 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 numberL2012.54.76

Collections

MODERN

DescriptionA man and a woman are looking through the contents of a garbage can on the city street; they are dressed in coats and hats; there is a cat walking by the pile of trash beside the garbage can.