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Unemployed
Unemployed

Unemployed

Artist American, 1910 - 1992
Dateca. 1935
MediumOil on fiberboard (Homasote)
Dimensions46 1/2 × 30 in. (118.1 × 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Gary Michael
Object number1983.27
DescriptionLarge portion of the piece consists of a man with a dejected expression ringing a door bell. In the background is a park with many people occupying the benches. A man eating a ketchup sandwich, a line of men waiting to fill a help wanted ad and a man looking through black list files are also images in the piece.
On View
On view
Collections
Skinner
Ronald Alfred Slayton
c. 1937
Hired Man
Ronald Alfred Slayton
[ca. 1937]
Housing Problem
Ronald Alfred Slayton
c. 1937
Country Store
Ronald Alfred Slayton
c. 1937
Courtroom
Ronald Alfred Slayton
c. 1937
Self-Portrait
Ronald Alfred Slayton
1935
Self-Portrait
Ronald Alfred Slayton
1935
Clearing the Fields
Ronald Alfred Slayton
1989.