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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.160
People
Lou Block, American (New York, NY 1895 - 1969 Louisville, Kentucky)
Title
Line of Prisoners, Sketch for the Rikers Island Mural
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1934
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273976

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil and black ink on buff cardboard
Dimensions
36 x 55.8 cm (14 3/16 x 21 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: affixed to verso, ink, printed: Commercial advertising poster: The / Yorktown / B'way - between 88th & 89th St. / Sat. to Tues. Aug. 4 to 7 2 / Features / Clark Gable / Carole Lombard / No Man Of Her Own / and / Joe E. Brown / A Very Honorable Guy / Wed. to Fri. Aug. 8 to 10 2 / Features / 20 Million Sweethearts / Dick Powell - Ginger Rogers / Also / Lazy River / Jean Parker - Robert Young / Early / Bird / Mon. to Sat. / 11 A.M. to 2 P.M. / 10¢
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: Z-1480

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lou Block, 1934, possibly by bequest; to Malu Nay Block and Fayette Block Watkis, 1969, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Malu Nay Block and Fayette Block Watkis
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.160
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Work is painted on the back of an advertising card for a movie theatre.

Verification Level

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