Gifford R. Beal

Tanning the Nets
1928

A black and white etching depicting a scene with several figures loading or unloading a horse-drawn cart. Two horses are harnessed to the cart, which is parked next to a building with a small window. The figures appear to be engaged in laborious work, with some standing on the cart and others on the ground handling what looks like hay or straw. The sky is lightly sketched, and there are details of a distant fence and structures on the right. The artwork has a signature at the bottom right and is numbered on the bottom left.

A black and white etching depicting a scene with several figures loading or unloading a horse-drawn cart. Two horses are harnessed to the cart, which is parked next to a building with a small window. The figures appear to be engaged in laborious work, with some standing on the cart and others on the ground handling what looks like hay or straw. The sky is lightly sketched, and there are details of a distant fence and structures on the right. The artwork has a signature at the bottom right and is numbered on the bottom left.

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Date
1928

Classification
Prints

Medium
Drypoint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 10 1/16 × 16 7/8in. (25.6 × 42.9 cm) Plate: 7 1/8 × 14 3/8in. (18.1 × 36.5 cm)

Accession number
31.601

Edition
Ed. 100

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
©Estate of Gifford Beal

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Gifford R. Beal
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