- Created by
- Pusey, Mavis, Jamaican American, 1928 - 2019
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 13/16 × 20 3/4 in. (37.7 × 52.7 cm)
- Description
- A color screenprint with an abstracted image of construction workers on a bridge. Done in tones of grey and golden-brown, the print depicts the side and understructure of a bridge. Two figures stand on scaffolding under the bridge’s understructure. The figures and parts of the scaffolding and bridge are indistinct, depicted in negative space without ink. There is a wide white margin around the image. Handwritten in graphite in the bottom margin is [10/17] at left, ["Bridge Workers"] at center, and the artist's signature [Mavis Pusey] at right. There is some slight foxing on the reverse.
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- screen prints
- Topic
- Abstraction
- Art
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2022.80.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Mavis Pusey
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




