The First Lesson
Object number2007.85.5
Artist
Guy Cercone
Date1931
MediumCardstock; Ink
Credit LineGift of Joseph D'Andrea
DescriptionDrawing in black ink on cardstock. Drawing comprised of nine rectangles with various types of lines, simulating thatches; a three-dimensional box ; a woman's high-heeled shoe; a company name; and a comic of a man in a top hat with a dialogue bubble. Dimensions14.5 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm)Signed"G. Cercone" at bottom left, near center.
InscriptionsFront has text "PITTSBURGH UNIFORM CO." and a comic with a dialogue bubble, "OGGI / BEL / TEMPO".
MarksHandwritten along bottom edge, viewer’s left of center “The First Lesson / July 20-31”.
Historical NotesDrawings from a correspondence course artist Guy Cercone took in the early 1930s. Guy Cercone was an Italian-American freelance artist who did work for local department stores in the 1940s-1950s.
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