The Builders

1932

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: plate: 10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm) sheet: 13 1/4 x 17 inches (33.7 x 43.2 cm)
Collection no.: 1984.1200.2
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Builders — James E. Allen. 1932.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: plate: 10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm) sheet: 13 1/4 x 17 inches (33.7 x 43.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of James E. Allen Family and Mary Ryan, 1984.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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