Family Flats
1935
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph in black on heavy Japanese paper
Dimensions
image: 39.69 × 54.93 cm (15 5/8 × 21 5/8 in.) sheet: 45.4 × 62.55 cm (17 7/8 × 24 5/8 in.)
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
2008.115.4385
Art Historical Context
**Family Flats** by Mill Sheets, created in 1935, is a compelling black lithograph on heavy Japanese paper, measuring 39.69 × 54.93 cm for the image alone. Housed in the National Gallery of Art as part of the Reba and Dave Williams Collection, this print exemplifies American artistry during the Great Depression. Sheets, a versatile California-based artist known for his watercolors and social realist works, turned to lithography to document the textures of everyday life, often focusing on architecture and human environments. The title *Family Flats* evokes the modest multi-family housing that ...