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A group of people browse through and engage with a collection of books on display at what appears to be the front of a bookstore. A sign above the books reads "BROWSERS WELCOME".
Book Worms
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Book Worms

Artist Albert James Webb (American, 1891 - 1975)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1936-1943
MediumDrypoint engraving
Dimensionssheet: 15 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (39.4 x 28.9 cm)
image: 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (28.6 x 22.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object number1992.11.158
Collections
Visual DescriptionA group of people browse through and engage with a collection of books on display at what appears to be the front of a bookstore. A sign above the books reads "BROWSERS WELCOME".
Four people are outside a book shop looking through books and prints which have been set out to encourage browsing.
Book Worms
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Keeping the Faith
Keeping the Faith
Albert James Webb
1937
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Greenwich Village Follies
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
A woman is arguing with a butcher in a crowded market.
Market Argument
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
A boy crying in the lap of his mother.
The Prodigal
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Two 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.
The News
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Eleven men are at a conference table with one woman; they are gathered around her and there are pencils and scrap paper all over the table; some men talk to each other, one looks out the window.
Deadlocked
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
A waterfront scene with popular places to dine and drink; old wooden buildings on wooden docks; boats are at anchor in the bay harbor.
Reilly's Place
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Two people in a thrift shop are looking at objects.
Thrift Shop
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
A boy crying in the lap of his mother.
The Prodigal
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Adults and children are at an aquarium looking at the fish; they are dressed in 1930's clothing.
Poor Fish
Albert James Webb
c. 1935-1940
Two old women at a shop door; shoppers and vendors are seen out in the square in the background.
The News
Albert James Webb
1936-1943

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