My 10th Lesson
Object number2007.85.11
Artist
Guy Cercone
Date1931
MediumCardstock; Ink; Paint; Graphite
Credit LineGift of Joseph D'Andrea
DescriptionDrawing executed in black ink with white and grey paint and pencil on rectangular card stock. Drawings has text along the top; a circle with a pentagon inside with a star inside; clock with plug; a draping handkerchief in pencil; a colored-in circle; and rectangles of different shades of black and grey.Dimensions15 x 9.75 in. (38.1 x 24.8 cm)InscriptionsDrawings has text at top "FALL FLOOR COVERING EVENT".
Drawing has text on clock "SETH THOMAS" and a draping handkerchief with "Bad" written to its right.
MarksHandwritten in viewer’s bottom right corner “My 10th Lesson Oct, 10 - 31”.
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.
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