Subway Excavation
1938 · Lithograph on off-white wove paper
Image: 40.5 × 27.6 cm (16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 58 × 40.5 cm (22 7/8 × 16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Ruth Chaney
American, 1908–1973
WA-00050311
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
10
Works in Collection
12
Assets Indexed
1
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Silk Screen Prints Under $10
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941–1942
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American Color Prints under $10
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940
No image
Subway Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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Artworks (10)
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Artwork sources (2)
10 published of 10 catalogued · 3 with image
- The Met7 published
- Art Institute Chicago3 published3 img
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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