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Benjamin Newton Messick
Happy Couplelate 1930s

Not on view
Charcoal drawing on tan paper of two figures in wide-brimmed hats, one in profile with arms crossed, the other partly obscured behind, with vigorous cross-hatched shading
Artist or Maker
Benjamin Newton Messick
Title
Happy Couple
Place Made
United States
Date Made
late 1930s
Medium
Graphite and charcoal on newsprint
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 12 1/2 in. (39.69 × 31.75 cm) Image: 15 × 10 1/4 in. (38.1 × 26.04 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Velma Hay-Messick
Accession Number
M.82.54.2
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings