Delaware Avenue
c. 1930
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
image: 379 x 294 mm sheet: 491 x 354 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
2008.115.5042
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the National Gallery of Art are invited to explore *Delaware Avenue*, a compelling lithograph by American artist Theo Ballou White, created around 1930. This print, from the Reba and Dave Williams Collection (generously gifted to the museum), measures 379 x 294 mm for the image and 491 x 354 mm for the full sheet, showcasing the scale suitable for detailed urban observation in the Department of Prints (CG-W). Lithography, White's chosen medium, was a revolutionary 19th-century technique perfected by the 1930s, allowing artists to draw directly on stone or metal plates with greasy ...