id:			164588
accession number:	2006.114.1
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2006.114.1
updated:		2023-01-19 15:17:23.476000

The People Work: Morning, 1937. Benton Spruance (American, 1904–1967). Lithograph; platemark: 34.8 x 47.9 cm (13 11/16 x 18 7/8 in.); sheet: 40.5 x 57.7 cm (15 15/16 x 22 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2006.114.1

title:				The People Work: Morning
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1937
creation date earliest:		1937
creation date latest:		1937
current location:		
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	lithograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Portfolio
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Fine and Looney 141

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CREATORS

* Benton Spruance (American, 1904–1967)  - artist

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measurements: Platemark: 34.8 x 47.9 cm (13 11/16 x 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40.5 x 57.7 cm (15 15/16 x 22 11/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	40

support materials:

	description:	medium weight, mould-made wove paper
	watermarks:	

inscriptions:

	inscription:	In graphite: lower left: 29/40; lower center: The People Work - Morning; lower right: Benton Spruance - 37

	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940
	opening date:   2021-07-18T04:00:00
	<i>Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	James Heald, Worcester, MA
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	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact:
This series of lithographs shows the artist Benton Spruance’s affinity for Mexican mural painting by such artists as Diego Rivera.

digital description:
These unusual cross-section views of New York City imagine the daily commute in the big city as a beehive or ant colony that never stops. Morning is the subway commute, while Noon presents dock workers on break during a bustling lunch hour. Evening is back to the subway with the buses running overhead. And Night shows workers performing maintenance while others enjoy time off at a bar, only to start all over again the next day. Jammed with commuters both above and below street level, the series highlights the intermingling of strangers that animates urban life.

wall description:
These unusual cross-section views of New York City imagine the daily commute in the big city as a beehive or ant colony that never stops. Morning is the subway commute, while Noon presents dock workers on break during a bustling lunch hour. Evening is back to the subway with the buses running overhead. And Night shows workers performing maintenance while others enjoy time off at a bar, only to start all over again the next day. Jammed with commuters both above and below street level, the series highlights the intermingling of strangers that animates urban life.
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