Charles Locke

The Reading Room
1931

A vintage pencil drawing depicting three men in a library setting, each absorbed in reading. The man in the foreground is leaning on a stack of books, holding one open with his left hand. The middle man is shown in profile, also reading, while the third man's back is turned to the viewer. A window with books on the sill and an open door are visible in the background. The artwork is signed at the bottom and titled "The Reading Room."
A vintage pencil drawing depicting three men in a library setting, each absorbed in reading. The man in the foreground is leaning on a stack of books, holding one open with his left hand. The middle man is shown in profile, also reading, while the third man's back is turned to the viewer. A window with books on the sill and an open door are visible in the background. The artwork is signed at the bottom and titled "The Reading Room."

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Date
1931

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 7/16 × 12 3/8in. (44.3 × 31.4 cm) Image: 11 3/4 × 8 3/8in. (29.8 × 21.3 cm)

Accession number
78.88

Edition
Ed. 40

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Irving

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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