Free Man’s Duties I, Hugo Gellert

Artwork Overview

Hugo Gellert, artist
1892–1985
Free Man’s Duties I, 1943
Portfolio/Series title: Century of the Common Man
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: screen print; letterpress
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 388 x 330 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 15 1/4 x 13 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): open 505 x 405 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2012.0179.14
Not on display

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Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2018–19 KU Common Book

“I was not allowed to do any work other than shell peas and sort corn kernels from the newly harvested corn because I was a city girl and the other types of work were considered too strenuous for me.” (p. 29)

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