Henry Billings

Machines and Men
1931

A black and white lithograph depicting a bespectacled man sitting at a drafting table, surrounded by an array of abstract mechanical shapes and gears that create a surreal, three-dimensional effect. The man appears focused and is dressed in a vest and tie, with his sleeves rolled up, suggesting a professional or engineer at work. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom right.
A black and white lithograph depicting a bespectacled man sitting at a drafting table, surrounded by an array of abstract mechanical shapes and gears that create a surreal, three-dimensional effect. The man appears focused and is dressed in a vest and tie, with his sleeves rolled up, suggesting a professional or engineer at work. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom right.

Not on view

Date
1931

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 18 1/2 × 16 7/8in. (47 × 42.9 cm) Image: 15 3/4 × 13 3/4in. (40 × 34.9 cm)

Accession number
79.63

Series
Machines and Men

Edition
Ed. 20

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/3591

Henry Billings
7 works in the collection

View artist

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

Learn more about this project

Learn more at whitney.org/artport

On the Hour projects can contain motion and sound. To respect your accessibility settings autoplay is disabled.