Joe Mongo, East Indian
Artist
Benton Murdock Spruance
(1904-1967)
CultureAmerican
Date1928
MediumLithographic pencil, paper
DimensionsOverall: 24 1/8 x 19 13/16 in. (61.2 x 50.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
InscribedInscribed lower right: "For Bill from Ben June 12, 1928". Lower right on back: "Joe Mongo East Indian by Benton Murdock Spruance winning Crescent Scholarship at Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts 1927-1928". Stamped in faint purple at bottom upside down: "The Penn" over "C" over "Registered".
Credit LineAnonymous Donor
Object number56.68.1
Not on view
DescriptionDrawing in lithographic pencil on brittle polished paper.Exhibition HistoryColor Lithograph Exhibit at G.W.U. (see '56 jacket). Published ReferencesART ALLIANCE BULLETIN, April-May 1965, Medal of Achievement awarded.
