The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 3, 2022

The People Work

1937

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Benton Spruance

(American, 1904-1967)

America, 20th century

Lithograph

Image: 34.8 x 48 cm (13 11/16 x 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40.5 x 57.8 cm (15 15/16 x 22 3/4 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2006.114

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

This series of lithographs shows the artist Benton Spruance’s affinity for Mexican mural painting by such artists as Diego Rivera.

Inscriptions

Inscription

In graphite: lower left: 29/40; lower center: The People Work - Morning; lower right: Benton Spruance - 37

Provenance
James Heald, Worcester, MA
Citations
Peters, Emily J. “People Watching: Curator Emily Peters introduces the upcoming show featuring artists of the early 20th-century Ashcan School.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 27-29. Reproduced: P. 29.
Exhibition history

Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2006.114