Materialism in the Pursuit of Ideals—the Wright Brothers

Materialism in the Pursuit of Ideals—the Wright Brothers

Materialism in the Pursuit of Ideals—the Wright Brothers

Date1924
Artist (Swedish-American artist, illustrator, and cartoonist, 1885–1948)
Illustration Citation"What Europe Thinks of Us," by Esther Everett Lape, in New York Times, July 6, 1924.
MediumInk and gouache on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 12 1/4 × 16 1/2 in. (31.1 × 41.9 cm)
sheet: 15 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (39.4 × 47.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Valentine Cesare, 1992
Object number1992-51
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextOscar Cesare was a Swedish-born American caricaturist, painter, draftsman and editorial cartoonist. By 1911, after studying in Paris, he was living in New York City, where he worked at several publications, including The New York Times.