Somebody Strayed Into the Wrong Pasture

Daniel B. Dowling

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Daniel B. Dowling (American, 1906–1993). Somebody Strayed Into the Wrong Pasture, ca. 1950. Crayon, ink, and graphite on paper, sheet: 17 1/4 x 14 11/16 in. (43.8 x 37.3 cm) image: 14 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (37.8 x 32.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.27.18. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Somebody Strayed Into the Wrong Pasture

Date

ca. 1950

Medium

Crayon, ink, and graphite on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 17 1/4 x 14 11/16 in. (43.8 x 37.3 cm) image: 14 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (37.8 x 32.4 cm)

Signatures

Signed in ink, lower right of image: "DOWLING"

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, in ink, lower right of image: "To brother / Baily / from brother / Dowling / kai"; inscribed in graphite in bottom margin of sheet: reproduction measurements

Markings

Stamped verso, lower right in green: "HAROLD JAMES BAILY / COUNSELOR AT LAW / 165 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 6 / JUN 30 [30 written over 20 in graphite] 1950" Inscribed in graphite to right of stamp: "Published / N.Y. H. Tribune / June 28, 50"

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily

Accession Number

67.27.18

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