Peggy Bacon

Pleading for the Oppressed

c. 1936

A black and white etching depicting a group of elderly men sitting around a large rectangular table in a room with a window on the left. Some men are engaged in conversation, while others are reading newspapers or smoking pipes. There is a picture hanging on the wall in the background, and the scene conveys a sense of a leisurely gathering, possibly at a club or community center. The artwork is signed by the artist at the bottom right corner.

A black and white etching depicting a group of elderly men sitting around a large rectangular table in a room with a window on the left. Some men are engaged in conversation, while others are reading newspapers or smoking pipes. There is a picture hanging on the wall in the background, and the scene conveys a sense of a leisurely gathering, possibly at a club or community center. The artwork is signed by the artist at the bottom right corner.

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Date
c. 1936

Classification
Prints

Medium
Drypoint

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 21 1/16in. (31.4 × 53.5 cm) Plate: 6 15/16 × 15 7/8in. (17.6 × 40.3 cm)

Accession number
38.24

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

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

API
artworks/3551

Exhibitions

1938 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints

Mar 8–Apr 10, 1938

Peggy Bacon
33 works in the collection, 21 exhibitions

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