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Benjamin Newton Messick
Unloading Sardines

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Graphite drawing of a gnarled, twisting tree trunk with heavily shaded branches on cream paper, with a small tree stump sketched in the lower right

Benjamin Newton Messick, Unloading Sardines, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Velma Hay-Messick, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Benjamin Newton Messick
Title
Unloading Sardines
Place Made
United States
Medium
Charcoal and graphite on vellum
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (34.29 × 42.55 cm) Image: 12 × 15 in. (30.48 × 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Velma Hay-Messick
Accession Number
M.82.54.5
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Benjamin Newton Messick Estate