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Bob Sherwood – Vintage Wall Art

Bob Sherwood, [between 1920 and 1957] — historic drawing
Bob Sherwood, [between 1920 and 1957]. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Bob Sherwood. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Bob Sherwood

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Little is documented about this drawing beyond the sitter's name, Bob Sherwood, and a date range of 1920 to 1957, so its interest lies largely in its form. It is a caricature, a genre in which the artist exaggerates a sitter's most recognizable features, often with humor or a sharp comment on the person's public standing. American caricaturists worked prominently in magazines and newspapers across these decades, frequently sketching from life in a few quick, confident lines. The record for this drawing is still preliminary and unverified, so the identity of the sitter and the circumstances of its making may be incomplete.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1957]
Medium1 drawing.
GenreCaricatures American.Drawings.
Notes(DLC/PP-1983:69.44) Exhibited in: Roger Stevens presents, Library of Congress, 2002. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,292 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-205002

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