[Backyards] / Kerr Eby. – Antique Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of [Backyards] / Kerr Eby.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Backyards] / Kerr Eby.
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Kerr Eby's etching looks past the front door to the small, crowded yards behind ordinary houses, a part of domestic life that is usually overlooked. Made in the 1930s, when many American families were squeezed by the Depression and lived in older, close-set housing, the print records the everyday clutter and makeshift spaces of that period. Eby was an illustrator and printmaker known for scenes of working people and city life, and this subject fits his wider interest in ordinary places. The pencil signature and Tuscany watermark identify it as a signed impression.
| Created / published | [193-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Etchings 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Title from reproduction in Print Coll. Qu., vol. 26, p. 84. Signed in pencil. Watermark: Tuscany. Ex coll.: Frank G. Kennedy. |
| Subjects | Dwellings--1930-1940. Backyards--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,101 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169440 |
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