Trouble in Frisco
1938 · Oil on canvas
30 x 36" (76.2 x 91.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Fletcher Martin
Artist
WA-00028363
PrintmakingRealismSocial Realism
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None documented
3
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2
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6
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Americans 1942: 18 Artists from 9 States
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942
No image
Four American Traveling Exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940
No image
Painting, Sculpture, Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1939
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
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Fletcher Martin was an American painter and printmaker working in oil and lithography, whose figurative compositions centered on workers and ordinary people rendered with the directness of American social realism. Active in the postwar period, his work engaged explicitly with labor and social themes, eschewing abstraction in favor of observed human particularity. Martin's approach reflected a commitment to accessible, figuratively grounded art addressing contemporary American life.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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- MoMA1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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