Home Front

1942

Jolán Gross-Bettelheim

Associated Names
Jolán Gross-Bettelheim

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1900 - 1972

The image shows an array of circular and cylindrical shapes interlinked with lines and curved forms, creating an intricate pattern. The large circular forms at the upper portion suggest mechanisms or machinery components, while the repeated linear arrangements in the lower half, with humanoid figures interspersed, are reminiscent of a production line with workers. There are pointed structures on the right resembling factory chimneys.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery, Prague, Czaech Republic; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, 2016-2017, no. 81.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: "Home front"; lower right in graphite: Gross-Bettelheim; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 3K

Wikidata ID

Q76440235

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