Backstage

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Raphael Soyer American, born Russia, 1899–1987. Backstage, 1935. Lithograph on wove paper, sheet: 20 15/16 x 15 1/2 in. (53.2 x 39.4 cm) image: 15 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (38.7 x 29.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of New York World's Fair, Department of Contemporary Art, 39.625. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.625_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Backstage
Date
1935
Medium
Lithograph on wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 20 15/16 x 15 1/2 in. (53.2 x 39.4 cm) image: 15 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (38.7 x 29.2 cm)
Signatures
Signed in graphite outside of plate, lower right: "Raphael Soyer" Printed in lithograph inside of plate, lower right "RAPHAEL SOYER/1935"
Inscriptions
Inscribed in graphite, outside of plate lower left: "Backstage"
Credit Line
Gift of New York World's Fair, Department of Contemporary Art
Accession Number
39.625
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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