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Woman Ironing
Max Kahn (1903 - 1970)

lithograph on paper, 1937
12 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches, Edition:24/25

Max Kahn worked for both the graphics and the easel divisions of the Illinois WPA in Chicago. Later he taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the John Herrin Institute in Indiana. This image is an example of the WPA's theme of the American Worker.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
photograph by Gary Andrashko
ISM Accession #: 1983.61.194

<i>Woman Ironing</i><br>Max Kahn (1903 - 1970)

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