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Breakfast

1938

Jacob Kainen

Associated Names

Jacob Kainen

Artist, American, 1909 - 2001

The image depicts the upper body of a person leaning forward slightly, with one arm resting on a table and the other arm holding a coffee pot on the table. The person has long brown hair falling around their shoulders, indistinct facial features with shades suggesting shadows on the face, and is dressed in a sleeveless pink top. They are positioned above a green and red kettle on a checked tablecloth, along with a cup, saucer, and spoon. In the background, a bed with a visible bed frame is lightly sketched against a dark, undefined backdrop.

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Artwork overview

Medium

five-color lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen in honor of the artist's 90th birthday
Dimensions

image: 34.9 x 26.1 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
sheet: 43.7 x 34.4 cm (17 3/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Accession Number

1999.82.22
Catalogue Raisonné

Flint 1976, no. 23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1999

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob

Bibliography

1976

Flint, Janet. Jacob Kainen: Prints, A Retrospective. Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976, no. 23.

Inscriptions

below image in graphite; lower center: Breakfast; lower right: Jacob Kainen; lower right verso in graphite: T93-3188(1)

Wikidata ID

Q75424210

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