id:			156745
accession number:	1992.345
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.345
updated:		2023-01-11 07:06:49.324000

Leaving the Shop, 1929. Kenneth Hayes Miller (American, 1876–1952). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1992.345

title:				Leaving the Shop
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creation date:			1929
creation date earliest:		1929
creation date latest:		1929
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Kenneth Hayes Miller (American, 1876–1952)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940
	opening date:   2021-07-18T04:00:00
	<i>Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Herman Webster
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fun fact:
The cloche hat, worn by the woman on the right, is one of the iconic looks of 1920s America.

digital description:
Kenneth Hayes Miller was drawn to the bustling neighborhood around Fourteenth Street and Union Square. In this scene, he conveyed some of the social fun and friendship associated with shopping, which had become a new leisure activity in the 1910s due to a growing number of shops that sold ready-to-wear, rather than custom-made, fashions. A new dress or hat could declare a working woman modern, especially in contrast to the modest dress of her mother, who may have been an immigrant from the Old World (Europe).

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Like Raphael Soyer and Isabel Bishop, whose works hang nearby, Kenneth Hayes Miller was also drawn to the bustling neighborhood around Fourteenth Street and Union Square. In this scene, he conveyed some of the social fun and friendship associated with shopping, which had become a new leisure activity in the 1910s due to a growing number of shops that sold ready-to-wear, rather than custom-made, fashions. A new dress or hat could declare a working woman modern, especially in contrast to the modest dress of her mother, who may have been an immigrant from the Old World (Europe).
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