Nicolai Cikovsky

Unemployed
1934

A black and white lithograph depicting a surreal scene with a group of gorillas in various poses on a zebra crossing in an urban setting, with human figures in the background near traditional buildings and a street lamp. The artwork is signed at the bottom with the words "unemployed" and "Victoria Civera 1990."

A black and white lithograph depicting a surreal scene with a group of gorillas in various poses on a zebra crossing in an urban setting, with human figures in the background near traditional buildings and a street lamp. The artwork is signed at the bottom with the words "unemployed" and "Victoria Civera 1990."

Not on view

Date
1934

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 1/2in. (24.4 × 31.8 cm) Image: 7 1/8 × 8 7/8in. (18.1 × 22.5 cm)

Accession number
34.41

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/3789

Exhibitions

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

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

Nicolai Cikovsky
1 work in the collection, 11 exhibitions

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