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Intermission

1929

Richard Beatty

(American, 1899–1961)
Culture
America, Ohio, Cleveland
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
Image: 19 x 23.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 34 x 40.7 cm (13 3/8 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1930.160
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

Theater was immensely popular in Cleveland when Richard Beatty made this print.

Description

For his skill in lithographs such as this, Richard Beatty was hired as an instructor when Karamu formed a graphic arts program around 1933. While teaching himself lithography at night, Beatty portrayed theater and cabaret scenes using dense, expressive lines with a waxy crayon.
A horizontally oriented print in grainy black ink streaking across white paper expressively depicts three people dressed in tutus, their hair in buns. The one on our left sits in a high chair, facing us and bathed in light. The other two are in motion to our right, cast in shadow and progressively more abstract. What appears like a building with four windows rises behind a wall in the background, streaked with light.

Intermission

1929

Richard Beatty

(American, 1899–1961)
America, Ohio, Cleveland

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