A Few Ideas

1927

Peggy Bacon

Associated Names
Peggy Bacon

Artist, American, 1895 - 1987

The image shows a crowd of people in an interior setting. Most are around a table in the center of the room, some seated and others standing. There is a range of expressions, hairstyles, and clothing. The table has wine glasses and pitchers. There are shelves with books, a window showing a tree, and a fireplace mantle with busts. Dogs of various sizes are also present.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of George Biddle)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.16 × 25.4 cm (7 15/16 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 48.26 × 31.75 cm (19 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2539

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flint 2001, no. 71

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George Biddle, Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1974; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Artists and Their Circles, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978

Bibliography

2001

  • Flint, Janet A. Peggy Bacon: A Checklist of the Prints. San Francisco, CA: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2001, p. 36, no. 71.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Peggy Bacon / 1927; lower left in graphite: Happy Days with Jane and George - 1927; lower right in graphite: Peggy Bacon.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand [upside down]: 11 1/2 x 13 1/2

Wikidata ID

Q77013075

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