Limited edition giclée print of The Lector III from The Jobs of Yesteryear Series.

This particular Job of Yesteryear mixed media painting features a lector. Rolling cigars all the live-long day is boring, monotonous work. So, to keep themselves entertained, workers in the cigar-rolling factories of Cuba and Florida would pool their wages and hire a lector to read aloud to them. Lectors would read newspapers, books, and even act out plays. Their most important tools were their booming voice and their creative delivery. Eventually, factory owners deemed lectors as dangerous as they would sometimes read left-wing publications. This caused them to replace lectors with radios by the 1930s, but this fascinating story lives on in this dramatic piece.

Edition Size: 33

Matted Print Option:
-8x8 inch paper print
-16x20 inch white mat
-Printed on acid-free paper
-Archival inks
-Signed and numbered

Wood Panel Option:
-Available in 24x24 inches
-Printed on acid-free paper
-Archival inks
-Mounted permanently to a custom-made, 1.5 inch thick wood box
-Ready to hang
-Signed and numbered