Men and Women at Work: Images of Labor from the Collection October 4, 2025 –January 18, 2026

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Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret, Electrical Workers Quaker Oats, 1949, archival digital print from a photographic negative, 13 13/16 x 11 inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, promised gift of the artist, L2008.648.
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Lela Margaret Powers Briggs, Crab Cannery, Ile of Hope, Georgia, 1951, watercolor and pencil on paper, 19 x 24 inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, gift of Roderick and Donald Briggs, 92.10.87.
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Grant Wood, The Coil Welder, 1925, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 29 ¾ inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, gift of the Cherry Burrell Charitable Foundation, 74.5.2.
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Lela Margaret Powers Briggs, Emma Shipley, about 1945, and pencil on paper, 24 ¼ x 19 ½ inches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, gift of Roderick and Donald Briggs, 92.10.72.

Men and Women at Work: Images of Labor from the Collection

October 4, 2025 –January 18, 2026

This exhibition examines images of the labor of men and women through works from the permanent collection.  Depicting human endeavor through many walks of life, these works provide a view on how artists engage with the working world.  Together they demonstrate many facets of the complex idea of work.