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Suffer Little Children

1939

Bernard Joseph Steffen

Associated Names

Bernard Joseph Steffen

Artist, American, 1907 - 1980

Three children are sitting on the ground together in a dilapidated and desolate environment. They appear to be wearing simple clothing, with one child holding onto a piece of fabric. Surrounding them are ruined buildings and scattered debris, with distant aircraft in the sky. Smoke is rising from one area, indicating destruction or turmoil.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 246 x 349 mm
sheet: 302 x 408 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.4597

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

In pencil: lower center, Suffer Little Children; lower right, Bernard Steffen (in script); within the print: lower right, STEFFEN '39 (in caps)

Wikidata ID

Q76552026

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