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Amateur Gym

c. 1932/1933

Robert Riggs

Associated Names

Robert Riggs

Artist, American, 1896 - 1970

This is a painting of people exercising in a gym. The painting shows a dimly lit gymnasium where multiple individuals are engaged in various exercises and stretches. In the center, a boxing ring is visible, with some people either training inside or standing around it.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Ingrid Rose in memory of her husband Milton Rose
Dimensions

image: 35.56 × 50.8 cm (14 × 20 in.)
sheet: 40.01 × 60.33 cm (15 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2018.37.3
Catalogue Raisonné

Bassham 1986, 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to NGA by Ingrid Rose, Washington, DC, 2018.

Associated Names

Rose, Ingrid

Bibliography

1986

Bassham, Ben. The Lithographs of Robert Riggs, With a Catalogue Raisonné. Philadelphia, PA: Art Alliance Press, 1986, p. 66, no. 22.

Inscriptions

in graphite, below image; lower left: Amateur Gym; lower right: Robert Riggs

Wikidata ID

Q77262725

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