Peggy Bacon

The Untilled Field
1937

A pastel illustration depicting a woman in a white dress walking confidently with a small child in a blue outfit, who appears to be struggling to keep up. The woman is holding a book and the child's hand. A small, energetic dog with a fluffy coat is playfully running ahead of them. In the background, there's a darkened theater entrance with a poster and a striped barber's pole to the right. The scene conveys a sense of hurried movement and a bustling atmosphere.

A pastel illustration depicting a woman in a white dress walking confidently with a small child in a blue outfit, who appears to be struggling to keep up. The woman is holding a book and the child's hand. A small, energetic dog with a fluffy coat is playfully running ahead of them. In the background, there's a darkened theater entrance with a poster and a striped barber's pole to the right. The scene conveys a sense of hurried movement and a bustling atmosphere.

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Date
1937

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pastel on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 1/2in. (50.2 × 64.8 cm)

Accession number
52.29

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hackett

Rights and reproductions
© A. B. Brook for the Estate of Peggy Bacon

API
artworks/1359

Exhibitions

To Be Human

July 11–Oct 25, 2003

Peggy Bacon
33 works in the collection

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