id: 112057 accession number: 1930.537 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.537 updated: 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: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: drypoint department: Prints collection: PR - Drypoint type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Flint 58 --- CREATORS * Peggy Bacon (American, 1895–1987) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: In graphite, recto: "Lady Artist Peggy Bacon/1925" translation: remark: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES