Robert Beck

Untitled ("Children's Drawings as Measures of Intellectual Maturity" by Dale B. Harris)
2001

A child's simplistic pencil drawing of a person with a large circular head, two dots for eyes, a triangle for a nose, and a straight line for a mouth. The figure has a cylindrical body, a single arm visible, and is standing upright. Below the drawing, the text "FIG. 78. Man, by boy." is printed, indicating the subject and artist of the drawing. The drawing is centered on a white paper background with a visible border and crease marks.
A child's simplistic pencil drawing of a person with a large circular head, two dots for eyes, a triangle for a nose, and a straight line for a mouth. The figure has a cylindrical body, a single arm visible, and is standing upright. Below the drawing, the text "FIG. 78. Man, by boy." is printed, indicating the subject and artist of the drawing. The drawing is centered on a white paper background with a visible border and crease marks.

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Date
2001

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Charcoal, graphite and typewriter ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 13 1/4 × 10 7/8in. (33.7 × 27.6 cm)

Accession number
P.2011.47

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Robert Beck
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