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Johnny Appleseed

1947

William Gropper

Associated Names

William Gropper

Artist, American, 1897 - 1977

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows an elderly man in motion, with a forward-leaning posture as if walking or striding. He has distinct features, including a prominent nose, deep-set eyes, and a long beard. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a simple knee-length garment with patches, and is carrying books in his right arm and a sack on his left shoulder. The background is textured grayscale with abstract tree forms.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Dimensions

image: 33.6 x 22.7 cm (13 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.)
sheet: 43.3 x 33.4 cm (17 1/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

1987.41.30

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2016

Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 101, no. 895.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: GROPPER.; lower right in graphite: GROPPER.; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: Estabrook

Wikidata ID

Q74876628

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