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Joseph the Carpenter

Carlos Lopez

Artwork Details

Joseph the Carpenter
1930-1952
Carlos Lopez
watercolor on illustration board
28 1/8 x 34 1/8 x 2 in. (71.44 x 86.68 x 5.08 cm)
Gift of The Ann Arbor Art Association, in memory of Ruby S. Churchhill
1972/2.20

Description

Subject Matter:

In the 1930s and 1940s, Lopez did many paintings of laborers, specifically blue color workers in Michigan. Here, three carpenters work to build a large wooden boat. The nearly flat people, darker colors, and depiction of the rough life of laborers is similar to his other paintings of the 1940s. Religion was not a common theme in Lopez's work, however the title Joseph the Carpenter and the crosses in the background of the piece imply a reference to Christianity.

Physical Description:

This print shows a shipyard, with three laborers working on the hull of a large boat under a dark sky.

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