A Heavy Cross
1941
Charlotte Rothstein (American, born Poland, 1912) published by the Works Progress Administration
United States
Rothstein’s composition portrays a young boy collecting a pile of wood, either at work or at home. Until the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, such exploitative practices were common. Even afterward, children may have done menial labor in order to support their families.
Color etching and aquatint, with burnishing, inked à la poupée, on white wove paper