Bathing Beauty
Datec. 1918
Artist
Louis Bouché
(American painter and teacher, 1896–1969)
MediumWoodcut
Dimensionscomposition: 10 15/16 × 8 3/8 in. (27.8 × 21.3 cm)
sheet: 16 3/8 × 12 9/16 in. (41.6 × 31.9 cm)
sheet: 16 3/8 × 12 9/16 in. (41.6 × 31.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1989
Object number1989-63
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextBouché's print predates the Miss America pageant, held first in 1921, but bathing beauty contests had been held in Europe since the 1880s.