On the ropes / Robert Riggs. – Vintage Wall Art
![On the ropes / Robert Riggs., [ca. 1932 or 1933] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a3/a3c382f12d91-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique lithograph of On the ropes / Robert Riggs. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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On the ropes / Robert Riggs.
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On the Ropes" uses the boxing term for a fighter pinned against the ring's edge and close to defeat, and Robert Riggs's lithograph makes that moment its center. Dated around 1932 or 1933, it was made during the Depression, when American artists often turned to prizefighting for its raw energy and its crowds. Riggs signed the print both in pencil and on the stone, which suggests the image was drawn directly on the lithographic stone, a detail worth noticing in a work of this period.
| Created / published | [ca. 1932 or 1933] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil and on stone. |
| Subjects | Boxing--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218656 |
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