Why He Cannot Sleep

1866

Thomas Nast

Artist, American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Donald and Nancy deLaski Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.24 × 23.5 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 28.58 cm (16 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.3.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired in 2013 from The Old Print Shop, New York.

Associated Names

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. 33.

Inscriptions

caption, lower center: WHY HE CANNOT SLEEP; signed in block, lower right: Th. Nast.

Wikidata ID

Q76561243

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