In Memorium: Sacco and Vanzetti, 'Our Senses Will Applaud the World Again, But Who Can Clap Life into Murdered Men?'

1930

George Biddle

Associated Names
George Biddle

Artist, American, 1885 - 1973

The image displays a person kneeling near the top section with outstretched arms and head lowered over two figures lying below horizontally. The kneeling person has a strong build and detailed shading on their face, with hair pulled back. They wear a sleeveless dress. The two figures below are covered in fabric with only their heads visible, showing peaceful expressions. The background has dark swirling patterns with some bright points, emphasizing the figures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 48.42 × 33.02 cm (19 1/16 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 58.26 × 40.64 cm (22 15/16 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.880

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pennigar 1979, no. 102

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1957; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • The Graphic Work of George Biddle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979, no. 102

Bibliography

1979

  • Pennigar, Martha. The Graphic Work of George Biddle, with Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1979, pp. 26, 45, no. 102.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: Biddle / 1930; lower left in graphite: In Memorium: Sacco and Vanzetti, / "Our Senses will applaud the world again; / But who can clap life into murdered men?"; lower right in graphite: George Biddle / 30/50; lower left corner in black ink by unknown hand: No. 68.; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 20 x 24

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Wikidata ID

Q77011797

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