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Two stylized workers struggle with tools beneath a looming cityscape, titled "Death of John Henry."

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"Death Of John Henry"

Fred Becker

c. 1935–1940

Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 11 3/16 × 8 13/16 in. (28.4 × 22.4 cm) Image: 5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in. (15.1 × 10 cm)
Accession number
93.15.9
Acquired
1993
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Katherine Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund and the Print Committee
Edition
Edition possibly 15
Department
collection

About this work

Fred Becker, "Death Of John Henry", c. 1935–1940. Wood engraving, sheet (Irregular): 11 3/16 × 8 13/16 in. (28.4 × 22.4 cm) Image: 5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in. (15.1 × 10 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Katherine Schmidt Shubert Purchase Fund and the Print Committee 93.15.9

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