Mervin Jules

Rugged Individualist
c. 1939

A black and white etching depicting a gaunt, elderly man in a suit, standing with his head tilted back and eyes closed in a pose that suggests deep thought or distress. Behind him is a large chart with fluctuating lines, reminiscent of a stock market graph. To his right, there's a small, old-fashioned ticker tape machine, suggesting the setting may be a financial or trading environment. The words "RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST" are handwritten at the bottom left, with the signature "Jules" and the date "4-5-37" at the bottom right.
A black and white etching depicting a gaunt, elderly man in a suit, standing with his head tilted back and eyes closed in a pose that suggests deep thought or distress. Behind him is a large chart with fluctuating lines, reminiscent of a stock market graph. To his right, there's a small, old-fashioned ticker tape machine, suggesting the setting may be a financial or trading environment. The words "RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST" are handwritten at the bottom left, with the signature "Jules" and the date "4-5-37" at the bottom right.

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Date
c. 1939

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 1/16 × 12in. (38.3 × 30.5 cm) Image: 10 × 10 3/8in. (25.4 × 26.4 cm)

Accession number
96.68.169

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller; published by Weyhe Gallery

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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