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Fourth annual execution of the Society of Washington Fakirs

Catalog Data

Author:
Society of Washington Fakirs (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Artist:
Dealy active 1909  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:
Exhibitions
Exhbitions
Caricatures and cartoons
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1909
Notes:
Cover title.
"Past pure food law."
Advertisements for local businesses appear on pages [2]-[4] of the cover and pages 1-4 and 23-24 of the text.
AAPGRB copy 39088019970896 has the original red and black printed and illustrated brown paper cover, signed "Dealy." With some handwritten annotations in pencil, identifying some of the portraits and caricatures.
Contents:
Portraits -- Enlisted pictures in the mudroom -- Look whose here! -- Heard thro the megaphone -- With apologies to Lewis Carroll -- Art vocabulary, with translations -- A monologue in water color -- Last but not least of our faculty -- To the "Twins" -- What is art? -- Maxims of a monitor -- Ode to James the skeleton -- Golden locks -- The newest books -- The latest songs -- Life class rules -- The Corcoran primer
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) on April 3, 5 and 6 1909, with an auction held on April 6th to benefit the scholarship fund.
Topic:
Satire in art  Search this
Wit and humor, Pictorial  Search this
Art students  Search this
Call number:
N330.W3 C67 1909
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1097566