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Image

Peggy Bacon, designer

Aesthetic Pleasure, 1936

Description

Maker

  • Peggy Bacon, 1895-1987, American, designer

Title

Aesthetic Pleasure

Year

1936

Medium

Drypoint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • drypoint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

15.1 x 21.6 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:Inscribed in pencil in LL under platemark:Aesthetic Pleasure - 1936 - ; signed in pencil in LR under platemark:Peggy Bacon- Verso:in pencil in LR:84.198.307

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.307

Projects & Publications

Publications

Whistler to Weidenaar

American Prints 1870-1950

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Private Collection Goes Public

September 18 - November 8, 1987

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Aesthetic Pleasure with the accession number of 84.198.307. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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