Never Have So Many Owed So Much to So Few
Jay Darling
American Art
MEDIUM
Ink over graphite on paper
DATES
1944
DIMENSIONS
sheet: 28 5/8 x 22 11/16 in. (72.7 x 57.6 cm)
image: 27 5/8 x 21 3/4 in. (70.2 x 55.2 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
Stamps on verso, lower left: "RECEIVED / JUNE 9 1944 / HAROLD J. BAILY [within ring of numbers 1-12]" and "HAROLD JAMES BAILY / COUNSELOR AT LAW / 32 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK"
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right in ink: "Ding"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in graphite, lower right of image, below signature: "May 30, '44" and, along bottom edge of sheet, "'NEVER DID SO MANY OWE SO MUCH TO [SO] FEW' (HOLD FOR MEMORIAL DAY)"
ACCESSION NUMBER
67.62.10
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Loose strip of paper accompanying drawing with text written in ink, "'NEVER HAVE SO MANY OWED SO MUCH TO SO FEW'" appears to have been pasted over former title (see Inscriptions) at bottom edge of sheet
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Jay Darling (American, 1876–1962). Never Have So Many Owed So Much to So Few, 1944. Ink over graphite on paper, sheet: 28 5/8 x 22 11/16 in. (72.7 x 57.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.62.10. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.62.10.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
CUR.67.62.10.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 4/17/2009
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