My Fifth Lesson
Object number2007.85.8
Artist
Guy Cercone
Datec. 1930
MediumCardstock; Ink; Paint; Graphite
Credit LineGift of Joseph D'Andrea
DescriptionDrawing in black ink, white paint, and pencil on rectangular cardstock. Drawings include two faces, a profile and full, with straight penciled grid lines; four rectangles with different thatches; a three-dimensional closet with drawers; a ringing alarm clock; a man in a low hat with caption; pen and pencil.Dimensions15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)Signed"G. C." at left bottom.
InscriptionsClock has text on face "Tru... Time Teller / Tom-Tom".
Drawing of a man in a low hat has caption "EMANUELE KING OF ITALY".
MarksHandwritten along bottom edge near viewer’s bottom left corner “Aug 26-31 / My Fifth Lesson”.
Historical NotesDrawing 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.
Related person
Victor Emmanuel III
(Italian, 1869 - 1947)
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