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Thomas Nast

Why He Cannot Sleep, 1866

Not on View

Medium

wood engraving in black on newsprint

Dimensions

image: 35.24 × 23.5 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

sheet: 40.64 × 28.58 cm (16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Donald and Nancy deLaski Fund

Accession Number

2013.3.3

Artists / Makers

Thomas Nast (artist) American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902

Image Use

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Inscription

caption, lower center: WHY HE CANNOT SLEEP; signed in block, lower right: Th. Nast.

Provenance

Acquired in 2013 from The Old Print Shop, New York.

Associated Names

The Old Print Shop

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. 33.

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