Demonstration

c. 1930s

Arthur Ellis

Associated Names
Arthur Ellis

Artist, American, 1912 - 1989

The image shows two men in the foreground. The man on the left is standing and smiling, with a mustache and wearing a knit cap, a jacket with a furry collar, and a visible shirt. The man next to him is holding a sign that reads "W.P.A." and wears a newsboy cap and an overcoat. Behind them, another man is visible wearing a hat and an overcoat. The background shows an industrial or urban setting with a building in the distance.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frederica Ellis, wife of the artist, Washington, DC; Debra Weingarten Jacobs, niece of the artist, North Bethesda, MD, 2001; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Front Page: The Photographs of Arthur Ellis, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 2 – August 14, 2003

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2005.010.004

Wikidata ID

Q64144976

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