Dream of the Rarebit Fiend: Bucking Automobile

1907

Winsor McCay

Artist, American, 1869(?) - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink and brush and black ink over graphite, with printed overlay, on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Moniz Family

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 44.13 x 66.36 cm (17 3/8 x 26 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.128.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

by descent to Ray Winsor Moniz (grandson of the artist); by descent to Margaret Ann Moniz and Ann Winsor Moniz, Highland Falls, NY; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • O'Sullivan, Judith Roberts. The Art of Winsor Z. McCay (1971-1934). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Maryland, 1976, Vol. I, no. 370.

2007

  • Merkl, Ulrich. The Complete Dream of The Rarebit Fiend (1904-1913) by Winsor McCay 'Silas'. Germany: Ulrich Merkl, 2007, no. 290.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and black ink: SILAS / THANKS TO LONEY HASKELL. / name (arrow); lower right in graphite: [not deciphered]/ lower center in pen and black ink: COPYRIGHT. 1907. BY THE NEW YORK EVENING TELEGRAM. (NEW YORK HERALD CO.).

Wikidata ID

Q64640500

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