City Folk
1948
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lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 320 x 420 mm Sheet: 365 x 488 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.2150
Art Historical Context
**City Folk** by Leon Goldin is a 1948 lithograph the National Gallery of Art print collection. Printed on a sheet measuring 365 x 488 mm, with the image itself 320 x 420 mm, this work captures the artist's vision of urban life through the versatile medium of lithography—a planographic process invented in the late 18th century that on the natural repulsion of oil and water to transfer intricate designs from stone or metal plates. Lithography flourished in the mid-20th century for its ability to produce editions of fine detail, subtle tones, and expansive compositions affordably, making art ac...