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Dick Tracy

Chester Gould

American Art

MEDIUM Pen and ink and traces of graphite on paperboard
DATES May 20, 1940
DIMENSIONS Sheet (slightly irregular): 6 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (16.8 x 58.7 cm) Image (4 frames): 5 7/8 x 20 in. (14.9 x 50.8 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Patent information printed on piece of paper affixed to lower right corner of third frame: "Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.: / Copyright, 1940, by The Chicago Tribune." On verso, date-stamped: "RECEIVED / TRIBUNE / 1940 APR 25 PM 5 27"
SIGNATURE In ink, in lower right of third frame, "Chester / Gould" and in lower right of first frame, "5-20-40"
INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed in ink, in margin at top left, "May / 20." and "DICK TRACY.", followed by, in graphite, "CANINE TRANSPORT"; and rectangular stamp in right margin: "O.K. - RWC"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 41.205
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Daily News
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Chester Gould (American, 1900–1985). Dick Tracy, May 20, 1940. Pen and ink and traces of graphite on paperboard, Sheet (slightly irregular): 6 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (16.8 x 58.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Daily News, 41.205. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.205.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.41.205.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 12/19/2008
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Chester Gould (American, 1900–1985). <em>Dick Tracy</em>, May 20, 1940. Pen and ink and traces of graphite on paperboard, Sheet (slightly irregular): 6 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (16.8 x 58.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Daily News, 41.205. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.205.jpg)