Untitled (Urban Scene-Evening)
c. 1935-1940
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woodcut in black on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 405 x 304 mm Sheet: 457 x 385 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
2008.115.3098
Art Historical Context
**Untitled (Urban Scene-Eing)** by Irving G Lehman (c. 1935–1940) invites viewers into the shadowed poetry of city life at dusk. This evocative woodcut, rendered in bold black ink on wove paper, measures 405 x 304 mm within a 457 x 385 mm sheet. Housed in the National Gallery of Art'sba and Dave Williams Collection—a generous gift highlighting American printmaking—the work captures an urban vista through stark contrasts and rhythmic lines, evoking the hum of evening streets during a transformative era. Crafted amid the Great Depression, Lehman's print reflects the 1930s surge in accessible gr...