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The Clinch

1928

Mabel Dwight

Associated Names

Mabel Dwight

Artist, American, 1875 - 1955

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

This is a drawing of a theater scene. It shows an audience watching a film projected onto a screen within the theater. The drawing includes people seated closely together, with a man and woman embracing on the screen. A projection beam is visible across the upper part of the drawing, casting shadows and illuminating the audience, as well as the theater's architecture, including balconies and moldings. The atmosphere is intimate, capturing the collective engagement of the theater-goers.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 23.18 × 29.85 cm (9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
sheet: 28.89 × 40.64 cm (11 3/8 × 16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.1564
Catalogue Raisonné

Robinson & Pirog 1997, no. 32, ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2017

The Urban Scene: 1920-1950, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1997

Robinson, Susan Barnes, and John Pirog. Mabel Dwight: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Lithographs. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997, p. 79, no. 32, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mabel Dwight - 1928

Watermarks

BFK Rives

Wikidata ID

Q76457809

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