Road Roller

1931

Ross Eugene Braught

Associated Names
Ross Eugene Braught

Artist, American, 1898 - 1983

Theodore Wahl

Printer, American, 1903 - 1990

This is a drawing of a large industrial cog or pulley system amidst an abstracted landscape. The image primarily features a close-up view of a large, circular metal object with cut-out shapes and a central bolt. The drawing uses fine lines and shading to emphasize the form and depth of the object. The background includes abstract and geometric shapes that could represent a rural or urban landscape with fields, roads, buildings, and telephone poles. These elements appear distorted or tilted, adding a dynamic and slightly surreal quality to the composition.
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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1991

  • Beall, Karen F., and David W. Kiehl. Graphic Excusrions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900-1950, Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: D. R. Godine, 1991, p. 35.

Inscriptions

signed: "Ross Braught 1931" in brown ink, lower right; "Road Roller (4) Ed of 10 numbered prints" in brown ink, lower left; "Ross Braught Woodstock N.Y." in pencil (RB's hand) upper right corner, margin; "Lithograph/Ed 10" in pencil (RB's hand), lower left; "No 4" in pencil, (RB's hand), lower center, margin

Wikidata ID

Q76442878

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