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Frenzied Effort

1925

Peggy Bacon

Associated Names

Peggy Bacon

Artist, American, 1895 - 1987

This is a drawing of an art class with a model. It shows several artists sketching a nude model. The artists are focused on their work, capturing the scene on canvases or sketchpads. Their postures vary, with some sitting and others standing. The room is filled with different clothing styles and visual cues, adding detail to the drawing.

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 14.92 × 22.7 cm (5 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.)
sheet: 24.13 × 30.48 cm (9 1/2 × 12 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.727
Catalogue Raisonné

Flint 2001, no. 57

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2016

Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 84.

Bibliography

1975

Tarbell, Roberta K. and Janet A. Flint. Peggy Bacon, Personalities and Places. Washington, D.C., 1975: 57.

2001

Flint, Janet A. Peggy Bacon: A Checklist of the Prints. San Francisco, CA: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2001, p. 32, no. 57.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Frenzied Effort; lower right in graphite: Peggy Bacon 1925

Wikidata ID

Q76549876

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