Robert Riggs

Childrens Ward
c. 1940

A black and white print depicting a surreal scene with a large, upside-down horse suspended above a man lying on a bed. In the background, a figure holds a bow and arrow, aiming at the horse, while another figure peers through the bars of a stable. The artwork has a dreamlike, chaotic quality, with various objects scattered around, including a book on the floor. The artists' names are handwritten at the bottom of the print.
A black and white print depicting a surreal scene with a large, upside-down horse suspended above a man lying on a bed. In the background, a figure holds a bow and arrow, aiming at the horse, while another figure peers through the bars of a stable. The artwork has a dreamlike, chaotic quality, with various objects scattered around, including a book on the floor. The artists' names are handwritten at the bottom of the print.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 7/16 × 23in. (44.3 × 58.4 cm) Image: 14 3/16 × 18 15/16in. (36 × 48.1 cm)

Accession number
96.68.227

Edition
Edition possibly 50

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
© artist or artist’s estate

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