Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Medical Satire
Object Number:
2000.826
Medium:
Black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 10 in. ( 31.8 x 25.4 cm )
Marks:
black ink: upper right: ". psychiatre et/ souris"
black ink: upper right, below previous: ". bonhomme qui/ avale le/ termometre/ ."
black ink: middle right: "deformation/ professionnesse/ ."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in black ink: "a psych/u/iatre et / souris / a bonhomme qui / avale le / termometre"; at middle right edge: "deformation / professionnelle / ."
Description:
Cartoon: Various vignettes, some partially framed, with doctors, some with patients.
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Various vignettes with a doctor, some with patients.
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
