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Who's Singing Off Key?
Jay Darling
American Art
MEDIUM
Ink over graphite on paper
DATES
1933
DIMENSIONS
sheet: 28 11/16 x 22 5/8 in. (72.9 x 57.5 cm)
image: 27 13/16 x 21 11/16 in. (70.6 x 55.1 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
On verso, top center, collector's inscription written in black pencil: "Property of / Harold J. Baily / 3434 Bedford Ave. / Brooklyn, N.Y." and "Rec'd / Nov. 17. 33 / Published on / Nov. 7. 33"
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right in ink: "Ding"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in artist's hand, in ink at lower right: "To Bing Bailey [sic] / Faithfully -- IN-KAI -- / FROM J. N. Darling"
Autographs of some of the figures inscribed below their image: "Alfred Smith," "Hugh Johnson," and "Eleanor Roosevelt [below Franklin Delano Roosevelt]"
Title inscribed in graphite in top margin of sheet, "WHO'S SINGING OFF KEY?" and in ink in bottom margin of sheet (slight variation) "WHO' SINGING OFF KEY?"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
67.62.9
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Graphite sketch of Alfred Smith figure on verso
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Jay Darling (American, 1876–1962). Who's Singing Off Key?, 1933. Ink over graphite on paper, sheet: 28 11/16 x 22 5/8 in. (72.9 x 57.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.62.9. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.62.9.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.67.62.9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 4/17/2009
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