State Fair

© Stevan Dohanos/ VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museu…
© Stevan Dohanos/ VAGA, New York, NY
State Fair
© Stevan Dohanos/ VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

State Fair

Date1948
Artist (American draftsman, painter, and illustrator, 1907–1994)
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionsplate: 12 5/8 × 8 15/16 in. (32.1 × 22.7 cm)
sheet: 17 × 13 in. (43.2 × 33 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-110
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextA group of men gather to judge livestock at a state fair. Dohanos depicts the elements of the scene--from the award ribbons to the loudspeakers mounted atop a wooden pole--in meticulous detail.