Two Couples

© Estate of the artist. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproductio…
Two Couples
© Estate of the artist. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Two Couples

Date1934
Artist (American painter and illustrator, 1876–1953)
Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified.
MediumRed and black ink, charcoal, and black chalk on wood pulp board
Dimensionscomposition: 18 5/16 × 27 3/4 in. (46.5 × 70.5 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-85
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis large illustration of two elegant couples is typical of Shinn's stylish illustration work in the 1920s and 1930s. The movie camera at upper right reflects another interest. Shinn had been employed as an art director for film studios in the late teens and early 1920s.
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