Builders

1929

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Linocut
Dimensions: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 1/4 in. (50.5 × 41.3 cm) Image: 14 × 10 3/4 in. (35.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection no.: 1999.529.173
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Copyright protected (WikiArt label)License details

James Lesesne Wells. Builders. Image: WikiArt. Copyright protected (WikiArt label). Proportionally resized and JPEG compressed; no crop.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Builders — James Lesesne Wells. 1929.

Medium: Linocut. Dimensions: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 1/4 in. (50.5 × 41.3 cm) Image: 14 × 10 3/4 in. (35.6 × 27.3 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999.

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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