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Third occasional execution of the Society of Washington Fakirs, 1908 : carefully expurgated

Catalog Data

Author:
Society of Washington Fakirs (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Supporting host:
Corcoran School of Art (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Sponsor:
Art Students' League (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Subject:
Society of Washington Fakirs (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Art Students' League (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Corcoran School of Art (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
24 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Humor
Exhbitions
Exhibitions
Caricatures and cartoons
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1908
20th century
Notes:
Cover title.
"Dedicated to propriety and expurgated to suit the most sensitive plant." --Page 5.
"Proceeds to be used for the costume fund of the portrait and draped life class" --Page 6.
Advertisements for local businesses appear on pages [3]-[4] of the cover and pages 1-4 and 23-24 of the text.
AAPGRB has two copies (copy 1, 39088019638154; copy 2, 39088019637875). Each copy has the original brown paper cover printed in red and black and stapled at the spine. Housed in archival envelopes for preservation.
Contents:
Skatealong to the fakes -- Hence evil spirits -- (Poem) Dedicated to Washington society artists by the irreverent, irrevocable, indigent and irrationally ignorant Fakir -- Limber bricks -- The fable of the sly fox and the innocent fowle -- A paraphrase -- Presence of mind -- Encouragement -- A student gazing at the daub just completed, declines the word "mess" -- So -- Booker's carol, dedicated to Miss C. Platt -- A short lecture on anatomy -- Gallery of incurable artistiques, impolite vaudeville -- Popular songs -- Follies of the Ko-Koran -- Books -- The cat came back
Summary:
Catalog of an exhibition of works by members of the Art Students' League of Washington, D.C. (students at the Corcoran School of Art), held March 23rd and 24th, 1908, culminating in an auction held the night of March 24th.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Parody in art  Search this
Wit and humor, Pictorial  Search this
Art students  Search this
Call number:
N330.W3 C67 1908
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1093125