Never Have So Many Owed So Much to So Few

Jay Darling

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Jay Darling American, 1876–1962. Never Have So Many Owed So Much to So Few, 1944. Ink over graphite on paper, sheet: 28 5/8 x 22 11/16 in. (72.7 x 57.6 cm) image: 27 5/8 x 21 3/4 in. (70.2 x 55.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.62.10. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.62.10.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Never Have So Many Owed So Much to So Few

Date

1944

Medium

Ink over graphite on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 28 5/8 x 22 11/16 in. (72.7 x 57.6 cm) image: 27 5/8 x 21 3/4 in. (70.2 x 55.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right in ink: "Ding"

Inscriptions

Inscribed in graphite, lower right of image, below signature: "May 30, '44" and, along bottom edge of sheet, "'NEVER DID SO MANY OWE SO MUCH TO [SO] FEW' (HOLD FOR MEMORIAL DAY)"

Markings

Stamps on verso, lower left: "RECEIVED / JUNE 9 1944 / HAROLD J. BAILY [within ring of numbers 1-12]" and "HAROLD JAMES BAILY / COUNSELOR AT LAW / 32 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK"

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily

Accession Number

67.62.10

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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