Dusty plowing / Bernard Steffen. – Vintage Wall Art
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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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This rare antique lithograph captures Dusty plowing / Bernard Steffen. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dusty plowing / Bernard Steffen.
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Titled *Dusty plowing*, this 1943 lithograph shows a field being turned under a haze of dust, a scene that recalls the drought years on the Plains. Bernard Steffen made it under the New York City branch of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, the New Deal program that employed artists to make prints, murals and posters. The stamp in the lower left corner, along with the pencil signature and title, ties the sheet to that program. Lithography suited the project because a single stone could yield many impressions at low cost.
| Created / published | [1943] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph ; 21.8 x 29.6 cm. (image), 29.2 x 40.4 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Signed and titled in pencil. Stamped lower left: New York City WPA Art Project. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited in: Life of the people: Realist prints and drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948, Library of Congress, 1999. Unprocessed in DLC/PP-1999:160.459 |
| Subjects | Plowing--1940-1950. Farming--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,386 × 1,800 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220117 |
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