Bread line / Reginald Marsh. – Historic Print
(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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Bread line / Reginald Marsh. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bread line / Reginald Marsh.
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Reginald Marsh's crayon and ink brush drawing "Bread Line" turns a crowd of waiting men into a dense, almost sculptural mass, with the figures pressed shoulder to shoulder and their faces half-hidden under hats and collars. The work dates from the early 1930s, a time when the Great Depression had pushed breadlines and soup kitchens into American cities as a daily sight. Marsh, a painter and illustrator known for his scenes of New York street life, was drawn to such crowds, and his bold, rhythmic linework gives this one a sense of endurance rather than despair. It is worth looking closely at how the lines of the crowd repeat and bend around the viewer, making the wait feel both shared and endless.
| Medium | 1 drawing : crayon and ink brush. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [193-] |
| Subjects | Depressions--United States--1930-1940. Bread & soup lines--United States--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,446 × 1,168 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216767 |
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