Name/Title
This is the MidwestEntry/Object ID
2012.13.02Description
Original commercial art drawing for a publication on Crescent #100 illustration board.
Illustration is of a shirtless man with sledgehammer and gears (to represent labor) shaking hands with a man in a suit and glasses with a blueprint, microscope and laboratory flasks (to represent science) shaking hands over a circular map of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky.
Above the men is a banner that reads "This is the Midwest".
Below the men is an atomic symbol with the word "MORT" penciled on either side.
Below the atomic symbol is a skyline showing farmland, industry, skyscrapers, trucks, trains, masted ships and more smoking, industrial buildings.
Scattered around the edges of the illustration are penciled production notations. The illustration is dotted with "white out" masking paint and yellowed adhesive residues where typeset text has once been attached.Context
This is the Midwest was a special section to "The Chicago American" newspaper.Collection
ArtworksCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2012.13Source or Donor
Schmiechen, James A.Acquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Artist
Steinberg, Nate 1893-1976Date made
1930 - 1935Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Signed Name: N. P. Steinberg
Signature Location: Bottom leftLexicon
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Steinberg, Nate 1893-1976Create Date
February 2, 2022Update Date
September 5, 2024