Taking Quite an Interest in Things
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Peggy Bacon American, 1895–1987. Taking Quite an Interest in Things, ca. 1938. Ink on wove paper, Sheet: 10 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (27.3 x 24.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Harper's Bazaar, 42.238. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.238_IMLS_PS3.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Taking Quite an Interest in Things
Date
ca. 1938
Medium
Ink on wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (27.3 x 24.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed in ink lower left: "Peggy Bacon"
Inscriptions
On verso, inscribed in graphite, along bottom edge: "'Taking quite an interest in things'" and "Harper's Bazar / Dec. 1938"
Markings
Watermarks: J. What[man] 1920
Credit Line
Gift of Harper's Bazaar
Accession Number
42.238
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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