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Labor in a Diesel Plant
Artist
Letterio Calapai
(American 1902–1993)
Date1940
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate: 15 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (40 x 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Class of 1931
Object number84.20
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEngraving
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedbottom right on plate: CALAPAI; bottom left: L. Calapai
Inscribedbottom left: 30/50
Edition30/50
Exhibition HistoryAmerican Block and Burin: Wood Engravings from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, August 27 – December 8, 2013; American Printmakers, 1920-1945: Selections from the Palmer Museum of Art, The Museums at Stony Brook, February 5 - May 21, 2000 and Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL, September 5 - November 22, 2004; American Printmakers, 1920–1945, Palmer Museum of Art, January 13–June 14, 1998; Artist for Victory: "American in the War," 1943.ProvenanceGift of the Class of 1931