| Untitled
(Worker's Strike)
-
- c. 1910,
Etching.
Edition
not stated. Signed in pencil. Image
size 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (295 x 216 mm); sheet size 14 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (378
x 267 mm).
A
superb impression, in dark brown ink, on cream wove paper, with full margins (7/8
to 1 3/4 inches). Pale glue stains in the top margin, well away from the image;
pale tape tab stains on the four sheet edges, verso; otherwise in excellent condition.
Probably a depiction of The General Strike of 1910, a labor strike by trolly workers of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company that grew to a citywide riot and general strike in Philadelphia. $850. |