Howard Cook

Fiddlers' Contest, Alabama
1937

A black and white lithograph depicting three male figures seated and playing musical instruments. The man in the center is singing and playing a violin, flanked by two others playing guitars. The artwork is rendered in a realistic style with strong shadows and highlights, emphasizing the contours of the figures and their instruments. The artist's signature and the year '55 are visible in the lower right corner.

A black and white lithograph depicting three male figures seated and playing musical instruments. The man in the center is singing and playing a violin, flanked by two others playing guitars. The artwork is rendered in a realistic style with strong shadows and highlights, emphasizing the contours of the figures and their instruments. The artist's signature and the year '55 are visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
1937

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 23 5/8in. (40.6 × 60 cm) Image: 14 × 18 1/4in. (35.6 × 46.4 cm)

Accession number
96.68.58

Edition
Ed. 25

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Howard Cook

API
artworks/10536

Exhibitions

Benton and America in the 1930s: Works on Paper

May 19–Sept 4, 2004

Howard Cook
24 works in the collection

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