Joseph Margulies

New England Granny
1939

An elderly woman sits in a chair by a window, knitting. She appears focused on her work, with a basket beside her and daylight coming through the window, highlighting her and parts of the room.
An elderly woman sits in a chair by a window, knitting. She appears focused on her work, with a basket beside her and daylight coming through the window, highlighting her and parts of the room.

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Date
1939

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint and etching

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 13/16 × 10 1/4in. (32.6 × 26.1 cm) Plate: 9 15/16 × 7 1/8in. (25.2 × 18.1 cm)

Accession number
2004.823

Edition
Ed. 250

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller & Son; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Neifeld-Russak Families

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/20115

Joseph Margulies
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