Untitled (Mending Wall)
c. 1937
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lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 285 x 315 mm Sheet: 338 x 405 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
2008.115.3955
Art Historical Context
Henry Clarence Pitz's *Untitled (Mending Wall)* created around 1937, captures a timeless rural scene through the medium of lithography—a planographic printing technique prized in the 1930s for its ability to produce rich tonal gradations and intricate details from a single stone. Measuring 285 x 315 mm on a 338 x 405 mm sheet, this print the era's fascination with American everyday life, evoking the laborious rhythms of farm work during the Great Depression. Pitz, prominent American illustrator associated with the Brandywine tradition, often depicted historical and pastoral subjects with a ke...