Peggy Bacon
Aesthetic Pleasure

Aesthetic Pleasure

Aesthetic Pleasure
Aesthetic Pleasure
ArtistAmerican, 1895–1987
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Aesthetic Pleasure
Date1932
PlaceUnited States
MediumLithograph on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 15 1/4 in. (24.6 × 38.7 cm)
 Sheet: 15 3/4 × 20 5/16 in. (40 × 51.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number35.28
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Spectacle: Turn-of-the-Century Entertainment" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, July 29, 2023-March 3, 2024 [Fifth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in pencil "Aesthetic Pleasure-1932-#79"
bottom edge of sheet center in pencil "Litho"
bottom right "18-22"
bottom right below image in pencil "Peggy Bacon"

verso bottom left a stamp "Nov 24 19[illegible]"

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