Jerome Liebling

Grain Worker
1950, printed 2001

A black and white photograph of a young man standing in front of a wooden structure. He is wearing a cap, a long-sleeve shirt, and trousers, with his hands in his pockets. A small object, possibly a whistle, hangs around his neck. His expression is serious and contemplative.

A black and white photograph of a young man standing in front of a wooden structure. He is wearing a cap, a long-sleeve shirt, and trousers, with his hands in his pockets. A small object, possibly a whistle, hangs around his neck. His expression is serious and contemplative.

Not on view

Date
1950, printed 2001

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 12in. (35.4 × 30.5 cm) Image: 10 1/8 × 10 1/8in. (25.7 × 25.7 cm) Mount (board): 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Accession number
2001.319.7

Series
Selected Images

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ronald B. and Susan N. Milch

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Jerome Liebling

API
artworks/21104

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

Jerome Liebling
10 works in the collection

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