Untitled #1 [Blonde with Green Tie]

The San Francisco longshoremen who sat for Pele deLappe’s portraits in 1935 had been through the 1934 maritime strike. Did this man’s thoughtful expression reflect a sense of the importance of the historical moment ?

Pele deLappe, watercolor and charcoal, 1935.

See this image in the Art from the Waterfront exhibit