Neighborhood Champ

c. 1932/1933

Robert Riggs

Associated Names
Robert Riggs

Artist, American, 1896 - 1970

The image shows two men in a boxing environment. The man on the left is seen from the back, leaning on the ropes with one leg raised. The man on the right is crouched, facing the viewer with a side profile. Both men are wearing dark clothing. The background is a boxing ring with onlookers in the crowd.
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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: 38.74 × 51.12 cm (15 1/4 × 20 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.58 × 58.1 cm (19 1/8 × 22 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.37.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bassham 1986, 26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1986

  • Bassham, Ben. The Lithographs of Robert Riggs, With a Catalogue Raisonné. Philadelphia, PA: Art Alliance Press, 1986, p. 69, no. 26.

Inscriptions

in graphite, below image, lower left: "Neighborhood Champ"; lower right: Robert Riggs-; signed in stone, lower right: Robert Riggs

Wikidata ID

Q77262727

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