Title from caption on object: “Anyone with a Television Set Will Understand…”
1952
Artist
American 20th Century
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 19.6 × 24.2 cm (7 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 20.7 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.177.634
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Leo Bauby, Chicago; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, center in grease pencil: TV / 2 col x 2 1/2 / 1st Wed Star; lower left stamped in purple ink inverted: [star] STAR [star] / 2nd Edition / JUN 18 1952; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper inverted: Anyone with a television set will understand. This sign / can come on the screen at the most important moments— / like the climax of the big fight. / If you have a gripe that can be pictured, describe it on a post- / card. Send it to "What's Your Gripe?" Picture Desk, Minneapolis / Star, Minneapolis 15, Minn.; bottom center printed in black ink inverted and circled in red ink: "GRIPE, WHAT'S YOUR"