The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
The Noon Hour
1931
(American, 1895–1987)
Platemark: 12.6 x 17.5 cm (4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.); Sheet: 21.2 x 28.4 cm (8 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1931.246
Catalogue raisonné: Flint 101
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Peggy Bacon's parents were both artists who met at New York's Art Students League.Description
The setting in Peggy Bacon’s print could be a street in one of several New York City neighborhoods, where brownstone dwellers emerge from their homes for a noontime walk with the dog, school children play, street vendors sell their wares, and a corner luncheonette does swift business. Bacon’s etchings were taken directly from everyday life in the city, embellished with a bit of wit and humor in the form of caricatured city types, such as the elderly woman with a cane and the tussling ruffians.- A Golden Age of American Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 12-April 11, 1982).Humor in Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 13-October 28, 1934).The First International Competitive Print Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 15, 1931).
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