My brother's keeper – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
My brother's keeper comes to life in this antique lithograph, 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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My brother's keeper
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The title of this 1940 lithograph by Merritt Mauzey echoes Genesis, where Cain, asked about his murdered brother Abel, replies, "Am I my brother's keeper?" That biblical question gives the work a moral weight that the title alone suggests. Lithography was a widely used medium among American artists in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and many printmakers worked through federal art projects of the period. The details of this record come from a caption card that has not been fully verified, so the exact circumstances of its making are uncertain, but the title points clearly toward themes of responsibility and kinship.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Notes | Lithograph by Merritt Mauzey. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,300 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159562 |
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