Mid-Century Modernist Mixed Media Construction Scene

This is a framed mixed media artwork, likely from the Mid-Century Modern period (c. 1950s-1970s), depicting a construction worker with a wheelbarrow on a building site. The piece utilizes a combination of gouache, watercolor, ink, and charcoal on paper, featuring a stylized, almost cubist approach to form. The central figure is rendered with heavy black outlines and flat color washes of muted olive green and tan. The background is a complex arrangement of geometric shapes and rapid lines representing scaffolding, brickwork, and excavation sites in shades of ochre, slate blue, and terracotta. A notable technical feature is the use of collage-like layering or 'pentimenti,' particularly visible around the figure's head which appears on a separate rectangular patch. The work is professionally mounted in a period-correct, thin-profile teak or oak wood frame with a linen-covered matting. The condition appears stable, though there is some light undulating of the paper substrate within the frame, and the linen mat shows typical minor oxidation consistent with age. No immediate signature is visible in the provided image, but the confident draftsmanship and sophisticated palette suggest a trained hand active during the post-war industrial boom.