My Lesson

Object number2007.85.21

Date1932

MediumCardstock; Ink; Paint

Credit LineGift of Joseph D'Andrea

DescriptionBlack ink drawing with grey and white paint on rectangular lightweight cardstock. Drawing: close up of suspenders and a belt in a box.Dimensions9.625 x 13 in. (24.4 x 33 cm)
Signed"G.M. Cercone" at the bottom, near viewer's bottom right corner.
InscriptionsInside box, "HICKOK" and on buckle, "Mi".
MarksHandwritten text along bottom edge to the viewer's right of center "My Lesson Jan, 10, 1932".
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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