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Wagon on Street

1930s

Ellen Auerbach

(American, 1906–2004)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Credit Line
GIft of the Estate of Joan Dowling 2025.254
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Not on view
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In the 1930s, animal-drawn carts were common sites in Palestine (now Israel).

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Seen from above, this old wagon suggests the work and manual labor needed to maintain the city. Ellen Auerbach uses the elements she saw in the street to create a delicately balanced composition of rectangles, subtly contrasted by the circles of the two wheels.
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Wagon on Street

1930s

Ellen Auerbach

(American, 1906–2004)
America

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