WORKS 1930s
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Robert Blackburn The Toiler, 1938–1940 Lithograph, dimensions and location unknown Possibly related to the drawing Man With Load (aka The Toiler, Toil), 1936 Charcoal, ink, and graphite 11 4/5 x 7 9/10 inches Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division Photograph courtesy Library of Congress |
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Robert Blackburn Untitled (reproduction of drawings, dimensions and location of original unknown) Magpie: “Man’s World” issue, January 1937, vol. 21, no. 1, end papers DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY Photograph by Greg Staley Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY |
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Robert Blackburn The Fight (reproduction of drawing, dimensions and location of original unknown) Magpie: “Man’s World” issue, January 1937, vol. 21, no. 1, page 60 DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY Photograph by Greg Staley Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY |
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Robert Blackburn School Yard (reproduction of drawing or print, dimensions and location of original unknown) Magpie: “Anniversary” issue, January 1938, vol. 22, no. 1, page 21 DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY Photograph by Greg Staley Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY |
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Robert Blackburn Coal Co., East 133rd St. (Sketch), (reproduction of drawing, dimensions and location of original unknown) Magpie: “Anniversary” issue, January 1938, vol. 22, no. 1, page 26 DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY Photograph by Greg Staley Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY |
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Robert Blackburn Coal Shute II, c.1938 (reproduction of lithograph, dimensions and location of original unknown) Magpie: “Vagabond” Issue, June 1938, vol. 22, no. 2, page 64 DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY Photograph by Greg Staley Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY |
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Robert Blackburn Refugees (aka People in a Boat), 1938 Lithograph 11 1/8 x 15 3/4 North Carolina Central University Art Museum, Gift of Christopher Maxey (signed “For Guennie from Bob, 1938) Photograph by Peter Geoffrion Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Gift of Dave and Reba Williams, 1999, (signed "to Riva Helfond, 1939") 1999.529.9 [Reproduced in Magpie, “Vagabond Issue,” June 1938, vol. 22, no. 2, page 64 DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY] |
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Robert Blackburn Abroad–End Piece (reproduction of drawing, dimensions and location of original unknown) Magpie: “Vagabond” issue, June 1938, vol. 22, no. 2, page 77 DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY Photograph by Greg Staley Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY |
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Robert Blackburn Beginning (reproduction of drawing, dimensions and location of original unknown) Magpie, June 1939, vol. 23, no. 2, page 5 DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY Photograph by Greg Staley Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY |
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Robert Blackburn End (reproduction of drawing, dimensions and location of original unknown) Magpie, June 1939, vol. 23, no. 2, page 81 DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY Photograph by Greg Staley Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY |
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Robert Blackburn Big House, c.1936–1937 Drypoint 7 x 8 Edition 3 of 12 Private Collection, NY Photo courtesy Private Collection, NY |
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Robert Blackburn Upper New York I (aka Farm Shacks), 1937–1939 Lithograph 10 1/8 x 13 7/8 Edition of 6 Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Photograph by Greg Staley Also collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999 |
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Robert Blackburn Roof Tops, c.1937–1939 Lithograph, 15 1/8 x 11 1/8 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999 (inscribed, “Private collection of Riva Helfond”), 1999.529.11 Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Image source: Art Resource, NY |
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Robert Blackburn Clubroom (aka Mike’s Place), c.1937–1939 Lithograph 13 1/8 x 16 5/8 Edition of 8 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999 Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Image source: Art Resource, NY |
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Robert Blackburn Café Scene, 1939 Lithograph 11 13/16 x 7 5/16 Edition 5 of 12 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999 Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Image source: Art Resource, NY |