Price: $950.00
SKU: 103534
ARTIST: Minnie Murphy
MEDIUM: Wood engraving,
DATE: c. 1932.
EDITION SIZE: Edition 25. Image size 8 7/8 x 6 7/8" (22.5 x 17.5 cm).
DESCRIPTION: The composition likely depicts a scene centered on the distribution or sale of fish, a subject rooted in everyday urban or coastal life. Figures are typically arranged in a compact grouping vendors, customers, or workers engaged in the exchange of goods, emphasizing themes of labor, sustenance, and community. Such imagery reflects the broader documentary and socially conscious focus of WPA-era printmaking, in which ordinary activities were elevated to subjects of artistic significance.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Stamped, lower left: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA. Signed and titled in pencil.
CONDITION: Very good condition.
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