Quarry at Lee
1876 to 1900
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lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 273 x 381 mm Sheet: 333 x 504 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
2008.115.3924
Art Historical Context
**Quarry at Lee** is a striking lithograph by George A. Picken, an printmaker active in the late19th century, created between 1876 and1900. Measuring 273 x 381 mm on a larger 333 x 504 mm sheet, this print captures rugged industriousness of a quarry in Lee, Massachusetts—a region renowned for its high-quality marble that fueled America's Gilded Age construction boom. Picken's precise rendering likely highlights the dramatic interplay of machinery, workers, and natural stone, evoking the's rapid industrialization. Lithography, Picken's chosen medium, revolutionized image reproduction in the 19...