Kenneth Hartwell

Barber Shop
1932

A black and white etching depicting a scene in a barbershop. In the foreground, an array of bottles and barber tools are neatly arranged on a counter. Behind them, a barber is seen shaving a customer who is looking directly at the viewer with a reflective expression. Other customers are visible in the background, and coats and hats are hung on wall hooks, suggesting a busy, communal atmosphere. The artwork is signed and dated in the bottom right corner.
A black and white etching depicting a scene in a barbershop. In the foreground, an array of bottles and barber tools are neatly arranged on a counter. Behind them, a barber is seen shaving a customer who is looking directly at the viewer with a reflective expression. Other customers are visible in the background, and coats and hats are hung on wall hooks, suggesting a busy, communal atmosphere. The artwork is signed and dated in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1932

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 3/4 × 15 5/16in. (32.4 × 38.9 cm) Image: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8in. (27.6 × 35.2 cm)

Accession number
96.68.148

Edition
1/20

Publication
Printed by Kenneth Hartwell

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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