Mabel Dwight

Stick 'Em Up
1928

A black and white illustration depicting an audience in a movie theater watching a film. The film shows a close-up of a menacing character wearing a hat and pointing a gun directly at the viewer. The audience appears captivated by the scene, with various expressions of engagement. The theater's exit sign is visible to the left, and the drawing is signed and dated by the artist in the bottom right corner.
A black and white illustration depicting an audience in a movie theater watching a film. The film shows a close-up of a menacing character wearing a hat and pointing a gun directly at the viewer. The audience appears captivated by the scene, with various expressions of engagement. The theater's exit sign is visible to the left, and the drawing is signed and dated by the artist in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1928

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 15 3/8in. (29.2 × 39.1 cm) Image: 10 5/16 × 10 1/4in. (26.2 × 26 cm)

Accession number
31.724

Edition
Ed. 50

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller; published by Weyhe Gallery

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Mabel Dwight
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