A Heavy Cross

Prints and Drawings

1941

Charlotte Rothstein (American, born Poland, 1912)
published by the Works Progress Administration

Rothstein’s composition portrays a young boy collecting a pile of wood, either at work or at home. Until the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, such exploitative practices were common. Even afterward, children may have done menial labor in order to support their families.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Charlotte Rothstein
Title: A Heavy Cross
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1941
Medium: Color etching and aquatint, with burnishing, inked à la poupée, on white wove paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 15 × 12.5 cm (5 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 17.8 × 14.8 cm (7 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Works Progress Administration Allocation
Reference Number: 1943.1681

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