People gather at a busy frozen custard stand under a sign reading "Frozen Custard."

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Study for Frozen Custard

1939

Medium: Fabricated chalk on paper
Dimensions: Sheet (irregular): 9 1/16 × 11 3/8 in. (23 × 28.9 cm)
Accession number: 80.31.41
Acquired: 1980
Credit line: Felicia Meyer Marsh Bequest
Reproduction credit: ©Estate of Reginald Marsh/Art Students League, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department: collection

About this work

Reginald Marsh, Study for Frozen Custard, 1939. Fabricated chalk on paper, sheet (irregular): 9 1/16 × 11 3/8 in. (23 × 28.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Felicia Meyer Marsh Bequest 80.31.41. ©Estate of Reginald Marsh/Art Students League, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960 2017-04-28 – 2019-06-02
The Whitney's Collection 2015-09-28 – 2016-04-04
America Is Hard to See 2015-05-01 – 2015-09-27
American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe 2012-12-22 – 2014-06-29
Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection 2011-04-28 – 2011-09-18
Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time 2010-10-28 – 2011-04-10
Modernisms 2007-08-29 – 2008-01-13
Benton and America in the 1930s: Works on Paper 2004-05-20 – 2004-09-05
To Be Human 2003-07-12 – 2003-10-26
Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century 2000-02-26 – 2006-05-21
Permanent Collection 1998-04-04 – 1999-03-28
An American Story 1996-03-20 – 1996-09-29
Collection in Context: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Printmakers' Patron 1994-12-15 – 1996-04-21
In a Classical Vein: Works from the Permanent Collection 1993-10-18 – 1994-04-03
Reginald Marsh: Selections from the Bequest of Felicia Meyer Marsh 1979-06-13 – 1979-08-26
Reginald Marsh 1955-09-21 – 1955-11-06
1954 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1954-03-17 – 1954-04-18
1953 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1953-10-15 – 1953-12-06
1952 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1952-11-06 – 1953-01-04
1952 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1952-03-13 – 1952-05-04
1951 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1951-03-17 – 1951-05-06
1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1950-11-10 – 1950-12-31
1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1950-04-01 – 1950-05-28
1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1949-04-02 – 1949-05-08
1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1948-11-13 – 1949-01-02
1948 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1948-01-31 – 1948-03-21
1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1947-12-06 – 1948-01-25
1947 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1947-03-11 – 1947-04-17
1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1946-12-10 – 1947-01-16
1946 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1946-02-05 – 1946-03-13
1945 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1945-11-27 – 1946-01-10
1945 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings 1945-01-03 – 1945-02-08
1943 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art 1943-11-23 – 1944-01-04
1942 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art 1942-11-24 – 1943-01-06
1941 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints 1941-01-15 – 1941-02-19
1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1940-11-27 – 1941-01-08
1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art 1940-01-10 – 1940-02-18
1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Watercolors 1939-02-22 – 1939-03-15
1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1939-01-24 – 1939-02-17
1938 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1938-11-02 – 1938-12-11
1938 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints 1938-03-08 – 1938-04-10
1937 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1937-11-10 – 1937-12-12
Third Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1936-11-10 – 1936-12-10
Second Biennial Exhibition: Part Two—Watercolors and Pastels 1936-02-18 – 1936-03-18
Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1934-11-27 – 1935-01-10
First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Prints 1933-12-05 – 1934-01-11
First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting 1932-11-22 – 1933-01-05

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