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No Work Today

1939

Maurice Merlin

Associated Names

Maurice Merlin

Artist, American, 1909 - 1948

This is a drawing of an industrial landscape with buildings and machinery surrounded by snow. The scene depicts a wintry industrial setting, characterized by a large cylindrical water tower and various structures with smoking chimneys in the background. The ground is covered in snow, with a few patches of vegetation peeking through. The sky is filled with smoky clouds.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

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

Image: 248 x 367 mm
Sheet: 317 x 450 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.3477

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Peter Merlin, Los Angeles, CA); Dave and Reba Williams, Greenwich, CT, December 1996; gift to NGA, December 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Inscriptions

Inscribed: In pencil: lower left, No Work Today 5/20; lower right, Maurice Merlin 1939

Wikidata ID

Q76442173

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