Some Hesitation Back Up the Line

Daniel B. Dowling

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Daniel B. Dowling (American, 1906–1993). Some Hesitation Back Up the Line, ca. 1951. Ink, Benday, and graphite on paper, sheet: 17 3/16 x 14 15/16 in. (43.7 x 37.9 cm) image: 15 7/16 x 13 1/4 in. (39.2 x 33.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.62.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Some Hesitation Back Up the Line

Date

ca. 1951

Medium

Ink, Benday, and graphite on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 17 3/16 x 14 15/16 in. (43.7 x 37.9 cm) image: 15 7/16 x 13 1/4 in. (39.2 x 33.7 cm)

Signatures

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

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left of image, in ink: "Best regards / to Brother Baily / from Brother Dowling / (kai)"; inscribed in graphite, along bottom margin: reproduction measurements

Markings

Stamped at upper right corner of sheet: "APR 10 1951 REC'D"; collector's stamp, verso, lower right, in green: "HAROLD JAMES BAILY / COUNSELOR AT LAW / 165 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 6 / APR 18 1951"

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily

Accession Number

67.62.2

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