Stick 'Em Up

1928

Mabel Dwight

Associated Names
Mabel Dwight
Artist, American, 1875 - 1955
George C. Miller
Printer, American, 1894 - 1966
The image shows a theater audience watching a movie. The view displays the backs of seated audience members mostly showing shoulders and heads, facing the screen. A man is standing on the left side near an exit sign. The screen shows the upper half of an actor's face in close-up, wearing a large hat and a dark mask covering his eyes, with intense facial features. The actor appears to have a deep frown, holding a gun pointed outward. The theater's walls and columns create a dim, enclosed space, typical of a cinema ambiance. Above the screen, the theater's arch and stage area can be partially seen, emphasizing the vintage setting.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 85.

Bibliography

1997

  • Robinson, Susan Barnes, and John Pirog. Mabel Dwight: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997, p. 80, no. 33.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mabel Dwight-1928; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: stick em up / W8

Wikidata ID

Q76440732

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