Benton Murdoch Spruance

The People Work - Night

1937

Various commuters and workers move through a dim multi-level subway station, some riding, some chatting, some working.

Various commuters and workers move through a dim multi-level subway station, some riding, some chatting, some working.

Not on view

Date
1937

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 15 7/8 × 22 7/8 in. (40.3 × 58.1 cm) Image: 13 5/8 × 18 7/8 in. (34.6 × 47.9 cm)

Accession number
82.2.4

Edition
Ed. 40

Publication
Printed by Theodore H. Cuno

Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Learsy

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/5109

Part of a series:
The People Work
4 works

Rush-hour commuters crowd city streets, wait on a subway platform, and squeeze into a packed train.

Commuters stand and file through crowded subway platforms and stairways during rush hour.

Various commuters and workers move through a dim multi-level subway station, some riding, some chatting, some working.

Workers and dockmen gather around a busy shipyard area with stairs and loading platforms.

Exhibitions

Benton and America in the 1930s: Works on Paper

May 19–Sept 4, 2004

Benton Murdoch Spruance
40 works in the collection, 12 exhibitions

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