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Object Details

Maker

Jerry Greenstein, American

Student at

The Educational Alliance, (New York, NY, USA)

For

The Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, USA

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Textile printed with four horizontal rows of city neighborhood design. Features Brick repeat of a street scene in Chinatown with laundromat, moving truck, people pushing carts in the street, tree and street lamp. Printed in blue, gold, and pink (gold over blue for green and pink over blue for purple).

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Ella Ostrowsky

Date

1930s

Accession Number

1976-98-19

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

printed, dyed & painted textiles
Textile

Medium

Medium: cotton Technique: hand screen printed on plain weave

Dimensions

H x W: 171.5 x 94 cm (67 1/2 x 37 in.)
Repeat H x W (minimum): 42.5 x 46 cm (16 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)

made in

New York, New York, USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4556f06ad-0508-4fe8-9f37-912cd951d483

Record ID

chndm_1976-98-19

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