Locomotives

Artist Harry Sternberg (American, 1904 - 2001)

Titles

The Vanishing Giants

Date1930

MediumEtching

DimensionsPlatemark: 9 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (25.1 × 35.2 cm) Sheet: 12 7/8 × 16 7/8 in. (32.7 × 42.9 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous Gift in Honor of the Hoehn Family

CultureAmerican

InscribedLocomotive(s)?

Catalogue raisonnéMoore 71

Object numberPC2012.08

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionTwo men work hammering a railroad spike into place on the left side of the image; a man with an oiler barely walks into the image frame on the right foreground; all figures are dwarfed by the giant steam engine of a train, which dominates the space.

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