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Gasoline Alley

William J. King Jr.

American Art

MEDIUM Pen and ink on paper
DATES 1940
DIMENSIONS image (3 frames): 5 7/8 x 19 15/16 in. (14.9 x 50.6 cm) sheet: 7 1/4 x 22 1/16 in. (18.4 x 56 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Two paper slips adhered to lower right corner of last frame, printed with: "Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.: / Copyright, 1940, by The Chicago Tribune."
SIGNATURE Signed in ink, lower right of last frame: "King"
INSCRIPTIONS On recto: inscribed in top margin at left, "SEPT 16-21" in ink and "Gasoline Alley" in graphite; stamped in top margin in center, "PRINT ON JEM METAL"; inscribed in black crayon in lower right margin, "51"; stamped in lower right margin, "O.K. -- RWC"; inscribed in graphite in left margin, "1", "Asking / for / it" and "625" On verso, stamped: "RECEIVED / TRIBUNE / ENGRAVING ROOM / [?0] AUG 28 PM 4 40"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 41.210
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Daily News
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION William J. King Jr. (American, 1909–1956). Gasoline Alley, 1940. Pen and ink on paper, image (3 frames): 5 7/8 x 19 15/16 in. (14.9 x 50.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Daily News, 41.210. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.210.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.41.210.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 5/26/2009
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William J. King Jr. (American, 1909–1956). <em>Gasoline Alley</em>, 1940. Pen and ink on paper, image (3 frames): 5 7/8 x 19 15/16 in. (14.9 x 50.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Daily News, 41.210. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.210.jpg)