Sleeping Girl, Fatigued Black Woman

Riva Helfond

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Riva Helfond American, 1910–2002. Sleeping Girl, Fatigued Black Woman, ca. 1937. Lithograph on cream wove paper, Sheet: 16 1/16 x 23 in. (40.8 x 58.4 cm) Image: 12 1/2 x 17 9/16 in. (31.8 x 44.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 1996.50. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.50_PS20.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Sleeping Girl, Fatigued Black Woman

Date

ca. 1937

Medium

Lithograph on cream wove paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 16 1/16 x 23 in. (40.8 x 58.4 cm) Image: 12 1/2 x 17 9/16 in. (31.8 x 44.6 cm)

Signatures

Signed in graphite below image: "Riva Helfond" at lower right and "Sleeping Girl" at lower center

Inscriptions

Inscribed in graphite at bottom of sheet, lower right: "#1"

Credit Line

Emily Winthrop Miles Fund

Accession Number

1996.50

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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