[Three ironworkers workers on girder with steam and rooftops in background, New York City] – Historic Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Three ironworkers workers on girder with steam and rooftops in background, New York City], preserved in this historic drawing. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Three ironworkers workers on girder with steam and rooftops in background, New York City]
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Three ironworkers balance on a single steel girder, with rising steam and a jumble of rooftops filling the space behind them. The drawing is in charcoal heightened with Chinese white, and an inscription on the back is dated July 11, 1904, a period when New York was in the middle of its steel-frame building boom. The catalog suggests it was probably made for the Century magazine but never published, so it reads as an artist's study of the men who raised the city's new buildings. The white highlights on the shoulders and in the steam stand out against the dark charcoal.
| Medium | 1 drawing : charcoal and Chinese white. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1904 |
| Subjects | Title devised by cataloger. Probably done for, but not published in, the Century magazine. July 11 '04"--on verso. Gift of Jay Last. Accession no. DLC/PP-1988:240." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,168 × 1,456 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218503 |
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