New Mint Building S.F. Cal
c. 1935-1943
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lithograph
Dimensions
image: 200 x 298 mm sheet: 266 x 394 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
2008.115.3173
Art Historical Context
Jennie Lewis created this lithograph of San Francisco’s New Mint Building between 1935 and 1943, capturing the imposing neoclassical structure that served as a key U.S. Treasury facility. Lithography, with its capacity for fine detail and tonal range, was ideally suited to architectural subjects, allowing artists to reproduce crisp lines and subtle shading across multiple impressions. The modest size of the printed image invites close viewing, emphasizing the building’s solid mass and orderly façade against the urban skyline. Produced during the later years of the Great Depression and the ear...