The exhibition consists of over 25 pieces, many of which mirror the difficult social conditions during that period. One such work, a 1938 painting by Brodsky, recently exhibited at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, shows an African-American stevedore drinking from a Crisco can as he looks for work. A 1930s lithograph by Smith, entitled of the Soil, in which a lone farmer is seen hand-plowing the land, further illustrates the isolation and desperation for many during that time.

In addition to the parallel paths of their creative work, the two artists both collaborated with Theodore Cuno, an old German lithographer best known as the printer for Joseph Pennell and later, Benton Spruance. Many of Brodsky and Smith's lithographs were pulled at night in the small basement of Cuno's Germantown workshop.

The work created by these two artists was some of the strongest material produced during that era. Amid the hothouse climate of the WPA, and the important and timely exhibitions of the Philadelphia Print Club, Brodsky and Smith thrived as artists in a time of great social upheaval during the tumultuous days leading up to World War II.

Thus it is with great pleasure that Platt Fine Art is able to re-intruduce the work of these two Eastern Regionalists to a new generation.

Harry Brodsky (American, 1908-1997) won prizes at the Brooklyn Museum and Philadelphia Print Club, and exhibited in annual shows at the Whitney Museum, the American Academy of Fine Arts, the Library of Congress, the Carnegie Museum, and many others. G. Ralph Smith (American, b. 1907) exhibited widely also, showing at the Columbus Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the National Academy of Design, to name just a few. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Columbus Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, and many others.