William Gropper

Sweatshop
1934

A black and white illustration depicting a scene inside a crowded barbershop with several customers and barbers. In the foreground, a customer is slumped over, seemingly asleep, while getting a haircut. The barber attending to him looks on with a bemused expression. In the background, other customers are being attended to, with one reading a newspaper. The room is lit by a hanging lamp, and there's a window with a barred security grid. The drawing style is exaggerated and cartoonish, with strong lines and shading to emphasize the characters and setting.

A black and white illustration depicting a scene inside a crowded barbershop with several customers and barbers. In the foreground, a customer is slumped over, seemingly asleep, while getting a haircut. The barber attending to him looks on with a bemused expression. In the background, other customers are being attended to, with one reading a newspaper. The room is lit by a hanging lamp, and there's a window with a barred security grid. The drawing style is exaggerated and cartoonish, with strong lines and shading to emphasize the characters and setting.

Not on view

Date
1934

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 7/8in. (29.1 × 40.3 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 12in. (24.1 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
34.37.3

Edition
12/300 | Incomplete edition 300

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/4275

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Exhibitions

Modernisms

Aug 29, 2007–Jan 13, 2008

William Gropper
77 works in the collection

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