Working Rats and their Employer

Object Details

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

A man overlooking two of his workers seems to be looking down on them with approval in his eyes. The workers appear to be characterized by rats who are working to make straw baskets. Behind them is a large pile of material which trickles to the base of one of the worker’s feet.

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson

Accession Number

1941-31-177

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

figures

Object Name

Print

Type

Print

Medium

Woodblock print in colored ink on paper

made in

Japan

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Record ID

chndm_1941-31-177

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4850f7f95-3583-498f-b89b-3f1413b5c4b6