id: 112057
accession number: 1930.537
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.537
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Lady Artist, 1925. Peggy Bacon (American, 1895–1987). Drypoint; platemark: 15.2 x 10.1 cm (6 x 4 in.); sheet: 29.7 x 23.4 cm (11 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1930.537
title: Lady Artist
title in original language:
series:
series in original language:
creation date: 1925
creation date earliest: 1925
creation date latest: 1925
current location:
creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride
copyright:
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: drypoint
department: Prints
collection: PR - Drypoint
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: Flint 58
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CREATORS
* Peggy Bacon (American, 1895–1987) - artist
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measurements: Platemark: 15.2 x 10.1 cm (6 x 4 in.); Sheet: 29.7 x 23.4 cm (11 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: In graphite, recto: "Lady Artist Peggy Bacon/1925"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Humor in Prints
opening date: 1934-09-13T04:00:00
Humor in Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 13-October 28, 1934).
title: Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940
opening date: 2021-07-18T04:00:00
Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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fun fact:
The artist in this print is using an etching needle to draw a composition onto a copperplate.
digital description:
Having studied with both George Bellows and John Sloan, Peggy Bacon was one of a growing number of women who sought independence and professional success in America’s cities. In this self-portrait, she portrayed herself with her etching needle poised on a copperplate. The crowded domestic setting invites her audience to see what it means to be an artist and a woman, with curious neighbors peering in and an inquisitive spider, like an omnipresent observer, above. While the easel and floor display drawings of a nude and a portrait—traditional art subjects—the copperplate reveals a more ordinary subject: the bare outline of a cat.
wall description:
Having studied with both George Bellows and John Sloan, Peggy Bacon was one of a growing number of women who sought independence and professional success in America’s cities. In this self-portrait, she portrayed herself with her etching needle poised on a copperplate. The crowded domestic setting invites her audience to see what it means to be an artist and a woman, with curious neighbors peering in and an inquisitive spider, like an omnipresent observer, above. While the easel and floor display drawings of a nude and a portrait—traditional art subjects—the copperplate reveals a more ordinary subject: the bare outline of a cat.
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