Loading Hay (1926): Art, History and Details

Loading Hay (1926) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Edwin Kaufman (American, 1906–1939).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In this image, two laborers are at work, but beyond the few hints of windows on either side of the figures, the location remains unidentifiable. The lack of a defined setting in this print is unusual in Edwin Kaufman’s work, which usually includes landscapes that extend to the margins of his plate. The dominating blank space here emphasizes the action of the laborers and the bulk of their cart.

Object facts

• Title: Loading Hay
• Date: 1926
• Creator attribution: Edwin Kaufman (American, 1906–1939)
• Culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
• Type: Print
• Technique: drypoint
• Dimensions: Platemark: 14.3 x 11.7 cm (5 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
• Collection: PR - Drypoint
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1942.912

A detail from the museum

Kaufman continued to create scenes of everyday life during his 1929 studies in Europe, and they appeared in the Cleveland News several times upon his return.

Collection credit

Gift of Robert Hays Gries

Further reading listed by the museum

• Edwin Kaufman Entry Card to 1927 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.