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A black and white print showing a vendor leaning on a street cart with a smoking chimney, facing two youths. The background features a cobblestone street bustling with pedestrians, a lamppost, and other pushcarts under storefront awnings.
Sweet Potato Man
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Sweet Potato Man

Artist Louis Breslow (American, 1908 - 2011)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Datec. 1935-1943
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionssheet: 11 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.9 x 22.2 cm)
image: 6 x 4 1/2 in. (15.2 x 11.4 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams
Object number1992.11.34
Collections
Visual DescriptionA black and white print showing a vendor leaning on a street cart with a smoking chimney, facing two youths. The background features a cobblestone street bustling with pedestrians, a lamppost, and other pushcarts under storefront awnings.
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