Pool (Boys Bathing)

c. 1933

Robert Riggs

Associated Names
Robert Riggs

Artist, American, 1896 - 1970

The illustration depicts a crowded scene at an indoor swimming pool. Numerous young people are shown standing, sitting, and diving, with some on benches and stairs. Others are swimming in the pool. The foreground and midground show individuals with various short haircuts, facial features, and positions. The figures are unclothed and immersed in the crowd near and in the pool. No jewelry or objects are prominent. The background includes a brick wall with windows, signage, and depth level numbers. A single high-mounted light fixture provides illumination.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ingrid Rose in memory of her husband Milton Rose

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.15 × 49.53 cm (14 5/8 × 19 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 49.53 × 58.1 cm (19 1/2 × 22 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.37.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bassham 1986, 33

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to NGA by Ingrid Rose, Washington, DC, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1986

  • Bassham, Ben. The Lithographs of Robert Riggs, With a Catalogue Raisonné. Philadelphia, PA: Art Alliance Press, 1986, pp. 71-72, no. 33.

Inscriptions

in graphite, below image, lower left: 44; lower right: Robert Riggs; signed in stone, lower left: Robert Riggs-

Wikidata ID

Q77262736

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