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A man performs a choking rescue on a woman who leans back, with a plate on the table.

Drawings

Elsa Wertman, Illustration for Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology

Boardman Robinson

1940

Medium
Casein and graphite pencil on paper mounted on board
Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 14 15/16 × 10 9/16 in. (37.9 × 26.8 cm) Mount (board): 15 13/16 × 11 5/8 × 1/8 in. (40.2 × 29.5 × 0.3 cm)
Accession number
42.24
Acquired
1942
Credit line
Purchase
Department
collection

About this work

Boardman Robinson, Elsa Wertman, Illustration for Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, 1940. Casein and graphite pencil on paper mounted on board, sheet (Sight): 14 15/16 × 10 9/16 in. (37.9 × 26.8 cm) Mount (board): 15 13/16 × 11 5/8 × 1/8 in. (40.2 × 29.5 × 0.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 42.24

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