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A Song from the Dear Dim Past “Yes We Have no Bananas, We Have No Bananas Today”

ca. 1912-1930
20th century
294 x 356 mm (11.6 x 14 in.)

John Held, Jr., American, (1889–1958)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Linocut on thin buff laid paper
Print impression quality: Very good
Marks: Signed in block, lower left: “Eng. by John Held Jr.”; inscribed in block, lower edge: “And How Can you Stop Him”; inscribed in pencil in other hand, upper margins: “&”; inscribed in pencil, upper right: “50”; inscribed in blue crayon in pencil line, right: “R”
Bibliography: John Held Jr., The Works of John Held Jr. (New York, 1931), repro. no. 57 (MMA print room). The reproductions are from contemporary magazines including Colliers, Life, The New Yorker, and Country Life.
Credit Line: Insurance funds, 1956
Accession Number: 1959.40.2

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music*, satire*, social satire
  • music - The art concerned with the combining of vocal or instrumental sounds in measured time to communicate emotions, ideas, or states of mind, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. [January 1995 scope note added. December 1991 related term added; related term added.]
  • 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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  • image Dimensions: 294 x 356 mm (11.6 x 14 in.)

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