Artwork Details
27-3/4 x 35-3/4 in. (board) 34 x 42 in. (framed)
Accession NumberBequest of Felicia Meyer Marsh
CopyrightAmerican Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color PaletteThe artist [1898-1954]; by descent to Felicia Meyer Marsh [1912-1978], New York, the widow of the artist; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1979 (79.167).
Marsh was one of the foremost Social Realists of the 1930s, portraying scenes of New York urban life. He employed a graphic, linear technique to bring individuality to the characters he depicted.
The newspaper headline refers to the sentencing of the convicted kidnapper of Charles Lindbergh’s baby.
Marsh combined contemporary subjects with the use of media (such as egg tempera) and techniques derived from his study of European Old Master painters.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Key Acquisitions Since 1970 Part II: Prints, Drawings, & Western Paintings
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 21, 1980 - November 30, 1980
Recent Accessions: European, American and Oriental Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art
January 15, 1980 - February 17, 1980
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