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.