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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook

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Bread Line, New York

1933
20th century
262 x 192 mm (10.3 x 7.6 in.)

Alexander Raoul Stavenitz, American, (1901–1960)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Aquatint with roulette (with the aquatint in this impression scraped from dark to light as in a mezzotint) on wove paper

Print impression quality: Excellent

Edition: 40

Marks: Signed in pencil, lower right: “Alex R. Stavenitz/1913”; inscribed in pencil, lower left: “Edition 40”; inscribed in pencil, lower center: “Bread Line—N.Y.”; inscribed in artist’s hand, lower left: “aqua-mezzotint”

Bibliography: M. Salaman, Fine Prints of the Year (New York, 1934).

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940

Accession Number: 1940.D1.179

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food*, hunger, labor*, New York City*, Northeastern United States*

food - Use for any material that can be digested or absorbed by the body of a human or other animal and used as a source of energy or some essential nutrient, to build and replace tissue, or to relieve hunger. [April 1995 descriptor changed, was "foodstuff"; lead-in terms added.]
hunger
labor - Usage in the sense of physical work
New York City - TGN 7007567 (“New York” preferred, “New York City” display; retained “City” for clarity)
Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

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plate Dimensions: 262 x 192 mm (10.3 x 7.6 in.)

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Alexander Raoul Stavenitz, American, (1901–1960) . Bread Line, New York, 1933. Aquatint with roulette (with the aquatint in this impression scraped from dark to light as in a mezzotint) on wove paper. plate : 262 x 192 mm (10.3 x 7.6 in.). Sheet : 324 x 252 mm (12.8 x 9.9 in.). DAC accession number 1940.D1.179. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940. (photo: M. Cook) .

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