Monday (The American Scene)

c. 1932

Asa Cheffetz

Associated Names
Asa Cheffetz

Artist, American, 1896 - 1965

The image shows a low angle view looking upward at a row of urban buildings. The buildings dominate the mid to upper part of the scene. Near the foreground, there is dirt ground with laundry hanging on multiple clotheslines. The brick buildings are aligned in a row, presented in a three-dimensional perspective. The illustration employs detailed strokes using a monochrome palette. Light and shadow play add depth and texture, and dark clouds cover the sky, creating a slightly somber ambiance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.78 × 25.4 cm (7 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 24.13 × 34.29 cm (9 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.148.54

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cheffetz 1984, no. 41

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bethesda Fine Art, Bethesda, Maryland); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1985; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • The Urban Scene: 1920-1950, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2017.

Bibliography

1984

  • New England Engraved: The Prints of Asa Cheffetz. Springfield, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984, pp. 72, 127, no. 40.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 3/75 "Monday" - (The American Scene); lower right in graphite: Asa Cheffetz - "imp"; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: E17521 / mx -

Wikidata ID

Q77015660

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