Drummer Boys
1935
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lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 355 x 318 mm Sheet: 582 x 809 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
2008.115.2023
Art Historical Context
**Drummer Boys** *Hugo Gellert, 1935* Lithograph; image: 355 × 318 mm (sheet: 582 × 809 mm) Step into the vibrant world of 1930s American printmaking with Hugo Gellert's *Drummer Boys*, a compelling 1935 lithograph now housed in the National Gallery of Art's Reba and Dave Williams Collection. Created amid the Great Depression, this work exemplifies Gellert's commitment to social realism—a movement where artists used stark, accessible imagery to spotlight everyday struggles, politics, and human resilience. Hungarian-born and New York-based, Gellert was a prolific graphic artist whose bol...