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Laborer, detail sketch for mural 1933, Building Golden Gate Bridge for Rincon Annex Post Office, San Francisco, California
Laborer, detail sketch for mural 1933, Building Golden Gate Bridge for Rincon Annex Post Office, San Francisco, California
Object number1997.18.2

Laborer, detail sketch for mural 1933, Building Golden Gate Bridge for Rincon Annex Post Office, San Francisco, California

Date1933
Artist (American, born Russia, 1904-1979)
CultureAmerican
MediumRed pencil on cream wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 7/8 x 11 in. (35.24 x 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan and Steven Hirsch, class of 1971
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
Markingsverso: estate stamp
BibliographyPhagan, Patricia. Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection. (Poughkeepsie: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 2016), p.64-65, repr. p.64, no.29. ProvenanceThe artist; estate of the artist; Susan and Steven Hirsch, New York, NY
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryCelebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and the 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 2 - December 18, 2016; Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 5 - June 15, 2019
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
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