Another Suggestion for Sculpture for the Social Security Building
1940
Artist, American, 1869 - 1949
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Florence S. Berryman, daughter of the artist)
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Dimensions
sheet: 34.61 × 36.2 cm (13 5/8 × 14 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.143.81
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Florence S. Berryman (daughter of the artist), Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2008
Human Comedy: Satirical Prints from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2008-2009
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 136, no. 909.
Inscriptions
lower right in black ink: Berryman; lower right in graphite: September 25, 1940; lower center in black ink: ANOTHER SUGGESTION FOR SCULPTURE FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY BUILDING; upper left in graphite by unknown hand: 3 cols Wed; upper right verso in red colored pencil by unknown hand: 425; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 4254 [circled]
Wikidata ID
Q64540240