7. SPLITTING RAILS (SKETCH)

Drawing

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Tarble Art Center

Name/Title

7. SPLITTING RAILS (SKETCH)

Entry/Object ID

2012.2.20c

Description

Preliminary rough and composite sketch for "Biography of Abraham Lincoln in Woodcuts". The viewer see's the back of a man as he holds a mallet above his head preparing to strike a maul splitting a log. Printed in the United States at Chicago 1933 during 'A Century of Progress Exposition'"

Artwork Details

Medium

Drawing

Collection

American Scene (Regionalists)

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Joan Turzak Van Hees

Made/Created

Artist

Charles Turzak

Location

Drawer

Flat File W

Vault

Permanent Collection Storage

Building

Tarble Arts Center

Institution

Eastern Illinois University

Created By

jonathan@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 27, 2025