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Benjamin Newton Messick
The Pitchman1940

Not on view
Lithograph of a street scene with six figures, including a young boy holding a shoeshine box, gathered around a folding table; bold gray tones and loose, sketchy linework

Benjamin Newton Messick, The Pitchman, 1940, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Friends of the Museum, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Benjamin Newton Messick
Title
The Pitchman
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1940
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (52.71 × 40.01 cm) Image: 16 3/8 × 13 3/8 in. (41.59 × 33.97 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Friends of the Museum
Accession Number
44.5
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Davis, Bruce and Ebria Feinblatt. Los Angeles Prints: 1883-1980. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.
Copyright
© Benjamin Newton Messick Estate