Paul R. Meltsner

Industrial Landscape
c. 1937

A black and white lithograph titled "Industrial Landscape" by Paul R. Meltsner, depicting two muscular men working with machinery in a factory setting. The foreground shows one man in profile, gripping a large wheel, while the other, facing away, operates levers. In the background, an array of industrial equipment and smokestacks suggests a bustling, early 20th-century industrial environment.
A black and white lithograph titled "Industrial Landscape" by Paul R. Meltsner, depicting two muscular men working with machinery in a factory setting. The foreground shows one man in profile, gripping a large wheel, while the other, facing away, operates levers. In the background, an array of industrial equipment and smokestacks suggests a bustling, early 20th-century industrial environment.

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Date
c. 1937

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 11 7/16 × 15 15/16in. (29.1 × 40.5 cm) Image: 10 3/8 × 14 5/8in. (26.4 × 37.2 cm)

Accession number
38.3

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Paul R. Meltsner
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