Artist: William Gropper American (1897-1977) Title: Flower Vendor Year: c 1937 Medium: Lithograph Signed in Graphite, Lower Right, "Gropper"; Image Signed, Lower Left, "Gropper" From an AAA Edition of 250 Size: Portion of Lithograph Visible Under Matting is Approximately 5 1/2" L x 4 1/2" H Framed Size: Approximately 10 1/4" L x 9 1/4" H Described by the New Yorker magazine as "one of the most accomplished, as well as one of the most significant artists of our generation", William Gropper was a painter, caricaturist, illustrator and lithographer. Born to Jewish immigrants laboring in New York City's garment district sweatshops, Gropper was a committed radical, political activist, whose works typically depicted his social realism. His art is widely displayed, and exhibited at New York's Museum of Modern Art. This mid century modern lithograph is encased in its original frame.