Allen Saalburg

Design for set "Deck of the Ark" from "Green Pastures"

c. 1935

Illustration of three people working on a construction site with a partially painted coastal landscape in the background. One person is seated on a stool sketching or writing on a clipboard, another is standing on a sloped surface hammering, and the third is crouching while working on the framework of a structure. The scene is rendered in a painterly style with visible brush strokes and a limited color palette, predominantly featuring shades of brown, white, and black. The number "6x7'4" is handwritten in the bottom center of the image.
Illustration of three people working on a construction site with a partially painted coastal landscape in the background. One person is seated on a stool sketching or writing on a clipboard, another is standing on a sloped surface hammering, and the third is crouching while working on the framework of a structure. The scene is rendered in a painterly style with visible brush strokes and a limited color palette, predominantly featuring shades of brown, white, and black. The number "6x7'4" is handwritten in the bottom center of the image.

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Date
c. 1935

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor and graphite pencil on paper mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 10 5/16 × 15in. (26.2 × 38.1 cm) Image (Irregular): 6 3/8 × 7 1/2in. (16.2 × 19.1 cm)

Accession number
37.2

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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Allen Saalburg
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