Pleasant Evenings Round the Fireside

probably 1933

David Low

Associated Names
David Low

Artist, British, 1891 - 1963

This is a drawing of a group of men sitting in front of a refrigerator. The drawing depicts four elderly men dressed in jackets labeled "BANKS," "OBSOLETE ECONOMICS," "P. WORKS LOAN BOARD," and another unidentified label, huddling together for warmth in front of a refrigerator labeled "Frozen Finance Co." The men have blankets over their laps. On top of the refrigerator is a large book titled "THE BOOK OF SACRIFICE," with a small, lifeless labeled "CONSUMER" on the floor next to them. Paperwork scattered on the floor bears labels such as "SPEND MORE FOR PROSPERITY" and "PUBLIC WORKS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE." The caption at the bottom of the drawing reads "PLEASANT EVENINGS ROUND THE FIRESIDE."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and black ink with blue chalk heightened with white over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 35.6 x 51.2 cm (14 x 20 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5728

  • Series Title

    Evening Standard


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1939

  • National Gallery of Canada, Original Cartoons...by David Low. Ottawa, 1939: 3.

Inscriptions

lower right: Low; across bottom in black ink: PLEASANT EVENINGS ROUND THE FIRESIDE.; across bottom in blue: (artist's notes to engraver); upper right verso label: BOURLET

Wikidata ID

Q64540821

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