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Finishing Touches, c. 1937
Peggy Baconexpand_more
Chalk pastel on pale gray paperexpand_more
Gift of Rev. Richard Lewis Hillstrom in honor of Stephen R. Nelsonexpand_more 93.82.1
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A leading caricaturist of her day, Peggy Bacon was a perceptive observer of the human condition. Here, a middle-age woman adds the “finishing touches” of her daily toilette as she rides the New York subway, oblivious to her public surroundings. Bacon’s fictional portrayal addresses vanity or inflated pride, one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teachings.
Details
- Title
- Finishing Touches
- Artist Life
- 1895-1987
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 93.82.1
- Provenance
- (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York); (Kraushaar Galleries, New York, until 1970, sold to Hillstrom); Rev. Richard Lewis Hillstrom, St. Paul, 1970-93; given to MIA, 1993.
- Curator Approved
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