Wonders of Our Time

Maker Ida Abelman (American, 1910 - 2002)

Collections

American Print Selections

ClassificationsPRINTS

Date1937

Mediumlithograph

Dimensions11 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. (29.5 x 38.4 cm.) sheet: 16 x 23 in. (40.6 x 58.4 cm.)

SignedSigned and dated in lower right of recto in graphite: Ida Abelman '37

InscribedSigned and dated in lower right of recto in graphite: Ida Abelman '37 Inscribed in lower left of recto in graphite: 50 imp. Inscribed in lower center of recto in graphite: Wonder of Our Time

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Hannah S. Kully

Label TextIda Abelman approached the subway with ambivalence, if not outright dread, portraying it as a hellish place where people were shoved into underground trains. Abelman was an activist for workers' rights, and with this image she may have been commenting on the crowded conditions and noxious atmosphere suffered by working-class commuters as they rode the subway.

Status

Not on view

Object number2011.3.29