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Burlesque (New York)
Inv-45
A woodcut depicting a scene on a New York City street during the Great Depression. A girl in the foreground is standing and yelling. The girl is holding on to the shirt of a baby that looks like he or she is trying crawl on the street. Behind them, a woman is sitting on a wooden box in front of a bucket full of oysters and bottle with some type of liquid in it. The bucket and bottle are sitting on wooden box turned on its side. A burlesque sign is attached to the building in the background. Edition # 10 of 30.
Artist: Carl W. Bertsch
Title: Burlesque (New York)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Dates: 1931
Dimensions: 9 in. x 10 in.
Signature/Inscription: Carl W. Bertsch 31; Below print
Culture: American
Accession Number: Inv-45
Tags: 20th century, bertsch, burlesque, children, great depression, manhattan, print, street, woman, woodcut, works on paper
