New York Garment Worker

1900/1902

Sir Jacob Epstein

Associated Names
Sir Jacob Epstein

Artist, British, born USA, 1880 - 1959

This is a drawing of a sewing machine and a piece of fabric. The image is a monochrome drawing rendered in pencil, showing a sewing machine in the foreground with a long piece of fabric stretched across. There is a spool of thread placed on the lower part of the image. The background is lightly sketched with flowing fabric and indistinct shapes. The shading technique gives depth and contour to the various elements in the drawing.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.5 x 28.2 cm (14 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.40

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 95.

Inscriptions

lower right in black crayon: Epstein

Wikidata ID

Q64631936

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