Henry McBride, Art Critic
Datec. 1934
Artist
Peggy Bacon
(American painter, printmaker, author, 1895–1987)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 10 1/4 × 7 9/16 in. (26 × 19.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1988
Object number1988-21
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextHenry McBride was an influential art critic in the first half of the 20th century. A keen observer and supporter of modern art, McBride wrote for the New York Sun, The Dial, Creative Art, and Art News. Bacon included a gently caricatured portrait of him in her famous 1934 book Off with Their Heads!
