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Workers' Meeting
1935
Jolán Gross-Bettelheim
Jolán Gross-Bettelheim (American, 1900–1972)
Prints
Workers' Meeting, 1935. Jolán Gross-Bettelheim (American, 1900–1972). Etching; platemark: 21.4 x 17.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.); sheet: 36.6 x 26.9 cm (14 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1935.140 This tense political print was made as the Communist Party gained a foothold in America’s cities among the underemployed and working class during the Depression. One of the men holds the Daily Worker, a Communist newspaper, while “Shall Not Die / The Scottsboro Boys” is scratched above the cramped and angry crowd. The words refer to the trial and conviction of nine Black teenagers in Alabama for allegedly raping two white women; their appeals were sponsored by the Communist Party. Jolán Gross-Bettelheim herself was a vocal party member. Hungarian-born Jolán Gross-Bettelheim lived and worked in Cleveland from 1925 to 1956.
- Maker/Artist
- Gross-Bettelheim, Jolán
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- etching
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 21.4 x 17.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.); Sheet: 36.6 x 26.9 cm (14 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1935.140
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Exhibitions
- The May Show: 17th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen, Prints Accessioned in 1935, Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940, Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946, Jolan Gross-Bettelheim, Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940, Grinnell, Iowa: Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College (4/25/01 - 5/21/01) "Jolan Gross-Bettelheim", exh. cat. p. 35, fig. 7.<br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, May 19 - July 21, 1996 "Transformations in Cleveland Art 1796-1946", p. 142, fig. 167, p. 247.
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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