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Silence

1939

Mabel Dwight

Associated Names

Mabel Dwight

Artist, American, 1875 - 1955

Federal Art Project (New York City)

Publisher

This is a drawing of people absorbed in reading in a library. The image depicts an indoor scene in a library or reading room. The setting shows rows of individuals seated at a long table, reading books. The title "Silence" is displayed beneath the image. Large lampshades provide soft lighting over the readers, illuminating their faces and books. Bookshelves in the background indicate a large collection of literature. The drawing is detailed with lines and shading, emphasizing the contemplative mood of the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of the Print Research Foundation
Dimensions

image: 19.4 × 29.1 cm (7 5/8 × 11 7/16 in.)
sheet: 25.5 × 40.5 cm (10 1/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.373
Catalogue Raisonné

Robinson & Pirog 1997, no. 106

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1997

Robinson, Susan Barnes, and John Pirog. Mabel Dwight: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997, p. 136, no. 106.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Silence; lower right in graphite: Mabel Dwight; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 5

Wikidata ID

Q76440731

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