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Frederic Rodrigo Gruger

Sweat and Iron,

Maker

  • Frederic Rodrigo Gruger

Title

Sweat and Iron

Medium

wash technique, gouache, graphite

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • crayon,
  • wash,
  • graphite with touches of white gouache on illustration board

Techniques

  • crayon,
  • wash,
  • graphite with touches of white gouache on illustration board

Supports

  • illustration board

Dimensions

27.3 x 47 cm (10 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in Charcoal in LR:F. R. Gruger

Marks: Crayon, wash, graphite with touches of white gouache on illustration ("Gruger") board

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of F. R. Gruger, Jr.

Object Number

1989.021.3

Sweat and Iron
, for “White Lines,” by Hershell S. Hall, *Saturday Evening Post*, December 13, 1924

Signed in Charcoal in LR:F. R. Gruger

Marks: Crayon, wash, graphite with touches of white gouache on illustration ("Gruger") board

Exhibition History

Draw Me a Story

April 14 - July 23, 2006

Early Modernism in America

February 24 - April 16, 1995
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