Close Quarters

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© Estate of Peggy Bacon
Close Quarters
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Close Quarters

Date1932
MediumDrypoint
Dimensionsplate: 4 7/8 × 6 15/16 in. (12.4 × 17.6 cm)
sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 7/16 in. (24.4 × 31.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1988
Object number1988-15
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Label TextThis etching captures the tight space shared by passengers traveling to Europe by ship. Bacon, pictured brushing her teeth, had personal experience of this, having traveled abroad with her husband who had a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1931.
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