Subway construction / Chaney. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Subway construction / Chaney., an antique lithograph rich in period 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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Subway construction / Chaney.
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Ruth Chaney's 1937 lithograph takes the digging of a subway tunnel as its subject, a choice that sets it apart from the factories and steel mills that often stood for industry in prints of the period. Subway building was a major public undertaking in the 1930s, when cities such as New York were expanding their rail networks to ease crowded streets. The print is signed in pencil by the artist. It is worth looking at how it shows labor underground, where crews worked in confined spaces under artificial light.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Chaney, Ruth, artist. Signed in pencil. |
| Subjects | Subways--1930-1940. Construction--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,281 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-186010 |
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