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Fifth annual exhibition / Society of Washington Fakirs, Corcoran Art Gallery, March 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

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:
22 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhbitions
Caricatures and cartoons
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1910
Notes:
Cover title.
"Dedicated to art and artists, stunts and students. A catalogue of the fifth occasional assault by the Society of Washington Fakirs. Public auction of fakes, Tuesday evening, March 22, 1910 ... being a jumble of the names and perpetrators of the efforts of art shown up. Printed under protest, 1910."
The cover illustration is signed: T.B.
Advertisements for local businesses appear on pages [2]-[4] of the cover and pages [1]-[4] and [23]-[24] of the text.
AAPGRB copy 39088019970979 has the original green- and black-printed brown paper cover.
Contents:
Line-up of executioners -- Associate Fakirs -- the bench -- Mud slingers -- Synopsis and standard guide to a maze in the mudroom -- Heavyweights -- Bronze and marble -- Familiar quotations -- Atmosphere -- Heard in the infant class -- The student's dream -- Still life class -- 3 p.m. -- But Chase says! -- Hurried tourist to busy student -- Can you copy this? -- Write today -- Home study division, national correspondence institute of Fakirs -- Antique stock remarks -- One way of looking at it -- Glossary -- Just picture -- Hobbies -- Night class -- Composition criticism -- Wings, as they go -- Technical terms -- Epilog
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 March 18-22, 1910 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 1910
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1097568