William Gropper

For the Record
1940

A black and white lithograph depicting a chaotic courtroom scene with anthropomorphic figures. The central figure, a judge with exaggerated features, is lunging forward from the bench, extending his arm towards a paper airplane. Around him, various characters are engaged in disorderly conduct, including one reading a paper and another lounging with feet up. The room is filled with scattered papers and a few briefcases, suggesting a sense of disarray and satire. The artwork includes handwritten text at the bottom, likely the title and artist's signatures.

A black and white lithograph depicting a chaotic courtroom scene with anthropomorphic figures. The central figure, a judge with exaggerated features, is lunging forward from the bench, extending his arm towards a paper airplane. Around him, various characters are engaged in disorderly conduct, including one reading a paper and another lounging with feet up. The room is filled with scattered papers and a few briefcases, suggesting a sense of disarray and satire. The artwork includes handwritten text at the bottom, likely the title and artist's signatures.

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Date
1940

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 23in. (40.5 × 58.4 cm) Image: 11 5/8 × 15 13/16in. (29.5 × 40.2 cm)

Accession number
41.29

Edition
Ed. 12

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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William Gropper
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