Smilin' Jack
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Zack Mosley American, 1906–1993. Smilin' Jack, February 2, 1938. Pen and ink and blue pencil on paper, Sheet: 7 3/16 x 23 1/8 in. (18.3 x 58.7 cm) Image (5 frames): 6 5/16 x 21 in. (16 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Daily News, 41.207. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.207.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Smilin' Jack
Date
February 2, 1938
Medium
Pen and ink and blue pencil on paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/16 x 23 1/8 in. (18.3 x 58.7 cm) Image (5 frames): 6 5/16 x 21 in. (16 x 53.3 cm)
Signatures
Signed in ink, lower right of last frame: "ZACK / MOSLEY"
Inscriptions
On recto: in top margin, "FEB - 2 -" in graphite, "SMILIN' JACK -- NO TIME TO LOSE" in blue pencil, and "O.K. -- RWC" stamped; "2-2" in ink in lower left of first frame On verso: "RUSH 6 DAYS LATE" stamped with '6' in graphite, and "RECEIVED / TRIBUNE / ENGRAVING ROOM / 1938 JAN 19 PM 6 32" stamped
Markings
Embossed stamp in upper left of sheet: oval with sun image in center surrounded by "SUNRAY / DRAWING BOARD" Paper tag affixed to bottom of first frame, printed: "Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.: / Copyright, 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc"
Credit Line
Gift of the Daily News
Accession Number
41.207
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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