A black-and-white print illustration of men and women crowded into a room to draw a live nude female model.

Frenzied Effort (The Whitney Studio Club)

Peggy Bacon (1895-1987)

Date

1925
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Drypoint
Dimensions

Image: 5 3/4 x 9 in.
Sheet: 11 5/8 x 17 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
titled l.l. in graphite: Frenzied Effort-1925
signed l.r. in graphite: Peggy Bacon.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1982.39
Copyright

© Estate of Peggy Bacon courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries

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Location: Off view

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