WILLIAM GROPPER (1897-1977) Uprooted (1945)
Artist: William Gropper (American, 1897-1977)
Title: Uprooted
Object type: Lithograph
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Signature: Signed and titled in pencil in lower margin
Frame: Black wood frame, framed and matted under glass
Dimensions (frame): 21 3/8 inches width × 16 3/4 inches height
Dimensions (print): 15 7/8 inches width × 10 7/8 inches height
Condition: Print in good condition. Chips present to frame edges. Toning present on matte. Not inspected out of frame.
Description:
This lithograph by William Gropper is titled Uprooted. The work is signed and titled in pencil in the lower margin. It is presented framed and matted under glass in a black wood frame. The frame measures 21 3/8 inches wide by 16 3/4 inches high, and the print itself measures 15 7/8 inches wide by 10 7/8 inches high. The print is in good condition based on external inspection, though it has not been examined out of the frame. Chips are present along the edges of the frame, and the matte shows toning.
About the Artist:
William Gropper worked across multiple media, including easel painting, printmaking, poster design, illustration, and murals. He completed three mural projects in oil on canvas: two canvases for the Freeport, New York Post Office (1938); three canvases for the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building in Washington, DC (1936-1937, installed 1940); and one canvas for the Northwestern Branch Post Office in Detroit, later moved to the Wayne State University Student Center.
Collections:
This print is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others.
WILLIAM GROPPER (1897-1977) Uprooted (1945)
Artist: William Gropper (American, 1897-1977)
Title: Uprooted
Object type: Lithograph
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Signature: Signed and titled in pencil in lower margin
Frame: Black wood frame, framed and matted under glass
Dimensions (frame): 21 3/8 inches width × 16 3/4 inches height
Dimensions (print): 15 7/8 inches width × 10 7/8 inches height
Condition: Print in good condition. Chips present to frame edges. Toning present on matte. Not inspected out of frame.
Description:
This lithograph by William Gropper is titled Uprooted. The work is signed and titled in pencil in the lower margin. It is presented framed and matted under glass in a black wood frame. The frame measures 21 3/8 inches wide by 16 3/4 inches high, and the print itself measures 15 7/8 inches wide by 10 7/8 inches high. The print is in good condition based on external inspection, though it has not been examined out of the frame. Chips are present along the edges of the frame, and the matte shows toning.
About the Artist:
William Gropper worked across multiple media, including easel painting, printmaking, poster design, illustration, and murals. He completed three mural projects in oil on canvas: two canvases for the Freeport, New York Post Office (1938); three canvases for the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building in Washington, DC (1936-1937, installed 1940); and one canvas for the Northwestern Branch Post Office in Detroit, later moved to the Wayne State University Student Center.
Collections:
This print is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others.
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