Subway Man

Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974

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1943

Watercolor on sketchbook page

Overall: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist, Class of 1920

W.983.34.50

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Watercolor

Research Area

Watercolor

Not on view

Inscriptions

VERSO- Inscribed, in ink: "Subway man / Paul Sample/ '43"; inscribed, in graphite: "forward guns on / subs must not be shown".

Course History

ARTH 17, The Power of Place: Urban and Rural Images in American Art, 1900-1945, Sarah Powers, Winter 2014

Provenance

The artist; given to Dartmouth College Library; transferred to present collection, 1983

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