Tattoo-Shave-Haircut

1932

Reginald Marsh

Associated Names
Reginald Marsh

Artist, American, born France, 1898 - 1954

This is a drawing of an urban barbershop scene with various signs and characters. The image depicts a busy street corner or entrance to an establishment with signs advertising tattooing, shaving, and haircuts. There are individuals gathering and interacting outside the doorway beneath hanging signs, one of which includes the phrase "A CLEAN TOWEL TO EVERY CUSTOMER." The atmosphere is lively, with detailed crosshatching conveying texture and depth. The presence of a barbershop pole and the various advertisements contribute to the sense of a bustling commercial space within an urban environment. The rendering style and intricate detail suggest an examination of urban street life from a past era.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.08 × 25.08 cm (9 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.62 × 28.58 cm (10 7/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3390

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sasowsky 1976, no. 140, x/x


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Selections from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Huntington Galleries, West Virginia, 1979, no. 105

1981

  • A Collector's Eye: The Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981, no. 45

2017

  • The Urban Scene: 1920-1950, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2017

Bibliography

1976

  • Sasowsky, Norman. The Prints of Reginald Marsh. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1976, p. 180, no. 140, x/x.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: March / 1932; lower left in graphite: 10; lower right in graphite: Reginald Marsh; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 2327

Markings

stamped lower left verso in black ink: Dec. 1 1932

Wikidata ID

Q77010317

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