Birthplace of Jesse James

1930-1935

Fred Geary

Artist, American, 1894 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.53 × 26.83 cm (7 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.58 × 40.32 cm (11 1/4 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1187

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stack/Ferguson 2012, pp. 2-3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Stack, Joan, and Jean Ann Ferguson. Fred Geary: Missouri Master of the Woodcut. Columbia: State Historical Society of Missouri, 2012, pp. 2-3.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Fred Geary; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Birthplace of Jessie [sic] James

Markings

stamped lower center verso in black ink: F.B.B (circled)

Wikidata ID

Q77011830

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