The Artists-WP [illegible] ev’s Sit-down Strike,, (Dec. 17, [1936])

Lubell 3/9: 181

One of eight brushed ink drawings of people participating in a WPA sit-in strike, and originally housed in a folder labelled “Sit-down strike 1935 or ’36, Chicago”. Each is of a different subject, but all are similar designs, with thick black lines and little shading. This is of two men on the ground drawing, with a woman looking over their shoulders and a man seated on a chair and looking on. White gouache covers changes in the design. Sizing notations in pencil. Signed W. Milius. Sketches on verso of a woman reclining on a [box?] and a woman sitting on the ground drawing. See Lubell 172-181 for drawings in the Chicago sit-in, sit-down strike or sit-in protest.

30.2 x 45.2 cm