The Swiss Restaurant
Date1918
Artist
Peggy Bacon
(American painter, printmaker, author, 1895–1987)
MediumEtching and drypoint
Dimensionsplate: 5 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (15.1 × 20.2 cm)
sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm)
sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1988
Object number1988-5
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn the late teens, Bacon found her subjects close to home: in her classes at the Art Students League and in the streets, galleries, and inexpensive restaurants of New York. The Swiss restaurant pictured here was a favorite haunt of League students near Carnegie Hall.
