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The Works Progress Administration (later renamed the Work Projects Administration)
employed thousands of artists to produce murals, paintings, drawings, watercolors,
sculptures, and prints for the American public. Of particular importance
to many African-American artists living in New York City was the opportunity
to learn new printmaking techniques. This training resulted in artworks
that were easy for artists to reproduce in large quantities and inexpensive
for the public to acquire. Funded by the W.P.A., the Harlem Community Art
Center was a major force in training many up-and-coming artists in the surrounding
area. There, artists such as Ronald Joseph (the artist of this print) and
Robert Blackburn (pictured in the studio) learned lithography,
etching,
wood cut,
linocuts,
and screen
printing. The artist pictured here gazes pensively into space while the
buckets of printer’s inks wait patiently on the table behind.
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Robert Blackburn, ca. 1937
Ronald Joseph (American, 19101992)
Lithograph;
Sheet 19 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (50.5 x 37.8 cm)
Image 15 3/4 x 12 1/8 in. (40 x 30.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999 (1999.529.106)
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