Reginald Marsh

Tattoo-Shave-Haircut
1932, printed 1934

Detailed black and white etching depicting a bustling barbershop scene with various signs advertising prices for shaves and haircuts, a tattoo parlor downstairs, and a mission next door. Patrons and barbers are engaged in their activities, with one man getting a shave, while others wait or converse. The artwork conveys a lively, early 20th-century urban atmosphere.
Detailed black and white etching depicting a bustling barbershop scene with various signs advertising prices for shaves and haircuts, a tattoo parlor downstairs, and a mission next door. Patrons and barbers are engaged in their activities, with one man getting a shave, while others wait or converse. The artwork conveys a lively, early 20th-century urban atmosphere.

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Date
1932, printed 1934

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and engraving

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 13 3/4 × 10 7/8in. (34.9 × 27.6 cm) Plate: 9 7/8 × 9 13/16in. (25.1 × 24.9 cm)

Accession number
2008.301

Edition
Edition unknown

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Loring W. Coleman

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Reginald Marsh/Art Students League, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
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Reginald Marsh
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