SAL record control number: 134682 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

Work title: The blood thirsty pacifist  [from collection database] ;

Alternate work titles:
2022 : The blood thirsty pacifist  [from collection database] ;

Work date: ca.1906  [based on similar works by the artist] ;

Work creator: John Harmon Cassel (1877-1960) [RA 1925-1960] ;

Work medium: Charcoal on paper ; drawing / illustration ;
Work dimensions: 16 x 12-3/8 inches [unframed] | 23-3/4 x 18-1/4 x 3/4 inches [framed] ;

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left & upper right.
Dated?: No.
Text: ‘John Cassel’ and ‘PEACE / AT / ANY / PRICE’.

Verso: [none] ;

SAL category: Works on paper ; charcoal ;
SAL sub-category: Drawing / illustration ;

Archives of American Art subjects:
Art
Art — American
Art — American ― Illustration
Art — American ― Political cartoon
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State)
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State) ― Salmagundi
Figure
Figure male
Figure male — Full length

Description of work:

Provenance:
ca.1960s SCNY, gift of the estate of John Harmon Cassel (1877-1960) [RA 1925-1960] [likely], accession #2007.570 ;
ca.1960 Estate of John Harmon Cassel (1877-1960) [RA 1925-1960] ;
ca.1906 John Harmon Cassel (1877-1960) [RA 1925-1960], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2022 SCNY Dark and light : depression era works September 1 – December 31.
2012 SCNY Our illustrious heritage : Salmagundi and American illustration April 25 – May 11.

References / citations:
– Collection database, accession #2007.570 ;
– Collection database, accession #G-406 ;

Notes:

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=134682

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2022.134682

Record birth date:
August 31, 2022

Last updated: July 12, 2023 at 12:48 pm