Peggy Bacon

Big News
1952

A detailed black and white illustration depicting a group of people of various ages standing in line outside a newsstand. The individuals are shown in profile, engrossed in reading newspapers and magazines. A young girl at the front of the line is particularly focused on a document she holds. The newsstand has a large, bold "NEWS" sign above the entrance. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom, indicating it was created in 1953.
A detailed black and white illustration depicting a group of people of various ages standing in line outside a newsstand. The individuals are shown in profile, engrossed in reading newspapers and magazines. A young girl at the front of the line is particularly focused on a document she holds. The newsstand has a large, bold "NEWS" sign above the entrance. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom, indicating it was created in 1953.

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Date
1952

Classification
Prints

Medium
Drypoint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 7/16 × 13 5/8in. (31.6 × 34.6 cm) Plate: 6 15/16 × 7 13/16in. (17.6 × 19.8 cm)

Accession number
84.73.1

Series
from the Wellfleet (Cape Cod) Series

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Katherine Schmidt Shubert Bequest

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

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