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Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land

Hugo GellertWW-1933-174559

1933·Lithograph and letterpress·Sheet (folded): 22 1/2 × 15 1/8 in. (57.2 × 38.4 cm) Sheet (unfolded): 22 1/2 × 30 1/4 in. (57.2 × 76.8 cm) Image: 22 1/2 × 15 1/8 in. (57.2 × 38.4 cm)

<p>Hugo Gellert, <em>Primary Accumulation: The Expropriation Whereby the Countryfolk Were Divorced from the Land</em>, 1933. Lithograph and letterpress, sheet (folded): 22 1/2 × 15 1/8 in. (57.2 × 38.4 cm) Sheet (unfolded): 22 1/2 × 30 1/4 in. (57.2 × 76.8 cm) Image: 22 1/2 × 15 1/8 in. (57.2 × 38.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen 2016.115.6. © Estate of Hugo Gellert, courtesy Mary Ryan Gallery, New York</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1933
Medium: Lithograph and letterpress
Dimensions: Sheet (folded): 22 1/2 × 15 1/8 in. (57.2 × 38.4 cm) Sheet (unfolded): 22 1/2 × 30 1/4 in. (57.2 × 76.8 cm) Image: 22 1/2 × 15 1/8 in. (57.2 × 38.4 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: Hugo Gellert

Artist

Hugo Gellert

Printmaking

Hugo Gellert was an American printmaker and painter whose work combined social realism with expressionistic line work, often depicting industrial labor and political upheaval. Active from the 1920s through the 1980s, he created woodcuts, lithographs, and paintings that engaged directly with themes of class struggle and working-class life. His formal language drew on German Expressionism and Mexican muralism, adapted to American urban subject matter. Gellert maintained an independent artistic practice throughout his career, remaining committed to socially engaged representation.

Budapest, Hungary

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