Merry Go Round

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Merry Go Round

Entry/Object ID

2013.175

Description

Scene of an early twentieth century merry go round surrounded by people in a park

Artwork Details

Medium

Color lithograph

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Bernard Friedman

Made/Created

Artist

Spears, Ethel

Date made

circa 1940

Ethnography

Notes

North America United States

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

BR corner of recto

Notes

Inscription Type: [artist signature]

Location

BC of recto

Notes

Inscription Type: "To Maryanne"

Location

BL of recto

Notes

Inscription Type: "Merry-go-round"

Notes

Inscription Type: Aaron Galleries label Ethel Spears (1903 - 1974) Merry Go Round Color Lithograph signed, titled, and dedicated to Marjorie Hartman, a Texas artist 18x24", $750, Spears was a Chicago artist who also painted in NYC, Her city scenes are filled with gaiety and little people

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image

Width

24 in

Length

18 in

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

25-1/2 in

Length

19-3/4 in