Subway Excavation

Accession Number
1943.15

Title
Subway Excavation

Artist(s)
Ruth Chaney

Object Creation Date
1938

Medium & Support
lithograph on paper

Dimensions
16 1/16 in x 10 15/16 in (40.8 cm x 27.78 cm)

Credit Line
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
WPA
Workers
buildings
crane
modern and contemporary art
train tracks
water towers

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