Departure of the Joads

Name/Title

Departure of the Joads

Entry/Object ID

2013.9.16

Description

20th-c. black-and-white lithograph of a scene from The Grapes of Wrath in which the Joad family leaves Oklahoma for a better life in California.

Artwork Details

Medium

Ink, Paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Thomas Hart Benton

Role

Artist

Date made

1939

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

Published by the Associated American Artists

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Image

Height

12-7/8 in

Width

18-1/4 in

Dimension Description

Plate

Height

15-1/4 in

Width

21-1/4 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Credit Line

Label

Gift of the Jesuit Community at Saint Joseph's University