Breadwinner

1943

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions: image: 47 × 35 cm (18 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 57.2 × 43.4 cm (22 1/2 × 17 1/16 in.)
Collection no.: 2008.115.556
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Breadwinner — John Wilson. 1943.

Medium: lithograph on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 47 × 35 cm (18 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 57.2 × 43.4 cm (22 1/2 × 17 1/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2008.115.556. Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of the Print Research Foundation.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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