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Construction Workers

1926

Reginald Marsh

Associated Names

Reginald Marsh

Artist, American, born France, 1898 - 1954

This is a drawing of a construction or excavation site. It captures a busy scene with multiple figures engaged in various manual activities, potentially related to digging or construction. The composition shows depth with figures placed across different planes. The use of monochrome brown ink wash gives the image an earthy tone. Hints of machinery or tools are included but are not detailed. The drawing has a sketch-like quality that emphasizes motion and atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and brown ink with wash over graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sen. William Benton)
Dimensions

sheet: 35.4 × 50.64 cm (13 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.993

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Senator William Benton, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1961; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

The Common Touch, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980-1981, no. 30

Bibliography

1983

Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 191, no. 1291.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Sept 22 1926

Wikidata ID

Q64620285

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