Strike
1920s/1930s
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View on museum website →Medium
black crayon, spattered black ink, and white gouache on Japanese paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 43.6 x 32.7 cm (17 3/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
John Davis Hatch Collection
Accession Number
1979.41.4
About the Artist
William Gropper
William Gropper (1897–1977) was an American artist and cartoonist whose sharp satirical vision made him one of the most incisive social critics working in visual art during the first half of the twentieth century. Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to immigrant Jewish parents, Gropper grew up in poverty and received his art training at the Ferrer School under Robert Henri and George Bellows ...