folded sheet of paper, with the title "LEARNING TO THINK AND WORK TOGETHER" and text on back side; colorful image on the front with a group of figures with skin color rendered in red pigment; central figure rendered in dark brown pigment; blue background with the suggestion of a crowd of figures behind front group; red upper half with black outline of two hands locked in a hand shake

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Learning to Think and Work Together, 1943

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Hugo Gellert was one of America’s leading political artists of the first half of the 1900s. He dedicated his art to the advancement of socialist ideals. In 1943, in the depths of World War II, he produced a portfolio of nineteen screenprints entitled “Century of the Common Man,” which served as a visual manifesto of his values. Each plate was devoted to one or two basic ideas; here, the need for unity across ethnic and racial lines.

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Title
Learning to Think and Work Together
Artist Life
American (born Hungary), 1892–1985
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.131.2
Provenance
Mary Ryan and Bruce Lebowitz, New York; given to MIA, 2018.
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folded sheet of paper, with the title "LEARNING TO THINK AND WORK TOGETHER" and text on back side; colorful image on the front with a group of figures with skin color rendered in red pigment; central figure rendered in dark brown pigment; blue background with the suggestion of a crowd of figures behind front group; red upper half with black outline of two hands locked in a hand shake

© Estate of Hugo Gellert

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