Smilin' Jack
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Zack Mosley (American, 1906–1993). Smilin' Jack, February 2, 1938. Pen and ink and blue pencil on paper, Sheet: 7 3/16 x 23 1/8 in. (18.3 x 58.7 cm) Image (5 frames): 6 5/16 x 21 in. (16 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Daily News, 41.207. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Smilin' Jack
Date
February 2, 1938
Medium
Pen and ink and blue pencil on paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/16 x 23 1/8 in. (18.3 x 58.7 cm) Image (5 frames): 6 5/16 x 21 in. (16 x 53.3 cm)
Signatures
Signed in ink, lower right of last frame: "ZACK / MOSLEY"
Inscriptions
On recto: in top margin, "FEB - 2 -" in graphite, "SMILIN' JACK -- NO TIME TO LOSE" in blue pencil, and "O.K. -- RWC" stamped; "2-2" in ink in lower left of first frame On verso: "RUSH 6 DAYS LATE" stamped with '6' in graphite, and "RECEIVED / TRIBUNE / ENGRAVING ROOM / 1938 JAN 19 PM 6 32" stamped
Markings
Embossed stamp in upper left of sheet: oval with sun image in center surrounded by "SUNRAY / DRAWING BOARD" Paper tag affixed to bottom of first frame, printed: "Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.: / Copyright, 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc"
Credit Line
Gift of the Daily News
Accession Number
41.207
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