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Aesthetic Pleasure
Aesthetic Pleasure
Aesthetic Pleasure

Aesthetic Pleasure

Object NamePrint
Artist / Maker (American, 1895 - 1987)
Date1936
OriginUnited States
MediumEtching and drypoint
Dimensions5 15/16 x 8 7/16 in. (15.1 x 21.4 cm)
ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates
Credit LineTransfer from the Art and Design Department, Iowa State University. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM82.86
Status
Not on view
CultureAmerican
EditionPrinted in edition of 174.
Label TextThe print depicts a group of American tourists in the Louvre Museum of Art in Paris. With his back and balding head to the viewer, a docent or tour guide endlessly explains a portrait to eight tired, disinterested and intense viewers, while museum staff installs other works of art in the background.
MarkingsWater marked F.J. Head and Co. The watermark is partly cut off.
PeriodDepression Era
Published ReferencesAAA Cat.: 1936‑02
SignedSigned in pencil, lower right, "Peggy Bacon".
Locations
  • (not entered)  Iowa State University, Brunnier Main Storage
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