The Priceless Find
Date1943
Artist
Peggy Bacon
(American painter, printmaker, author, 1895–1987)
MediumDrypoint
Dimensionsplate: 7 13/16 × 6 in. (19.8 × 15.2 cm)
sheet: 15 9/16 × 12 1/2 in. (39.5 × 31.8 cm)
sheet: 15 9/16 × 12 1/2 in. (39.5 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1988
Object number1988-10
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn the 1940s, discerning consumers (including modern artists and museums) began collecting Americana, like the antique bench and portrait under examination here.
