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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook

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20th century
20th century
97 x 148 mm (3.8 x 5.8 in.)

William Gropper, American, (1897–1977)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on wove paper

Print impression quality: Very good

Edition: 35/100

Marks: Signed in pencil, lower right: “Gropper”; signed in plate in reverse, lower left: “Gropper”

Credit Line: Gift of Juwil C. and Virgil W. Topazio (BA Wesleyan 1943), 1984

Accession Number: 1984.29.5

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male portraits, portraits*, satire*, social satire

male portraits
portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m
satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]
social satire

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plate Dimensions: 97 x 148 mm (3.8 x 5.8 in.)

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William Gropper, American, (1897–1977) . Top Man, 20th century. Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on wove paper. plate : 97 x 148 mm (3.8 x 5.8 in.). Sheet : 250 x 354 mm (9.8 x 13.9 in.). DAC accession number 1984.29.5. Gift of Juwil C. and Virgil W. Topazio (BA Wesleyan 1943), 1984. (photo: M. Cook) .

Your search criteria: Keyword is "GXIM" and [Objects]Century is "20th century" and [Objects]Work Type is "Print".

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