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New York City Police Fortune Magazine Illustration

Creator: Robert Riggs
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
This original illustration, titled "Cops at Ease in the Muster Room of a Station," accompanied the article Nineteen Thousand Cops published in the July 1939 issue of Fortune Magazine. This issue was dedicated to the city of New York and included a total of ten paintings by Riggs for this article on New York City's police department. Robert Riggs was a gay artist.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	charcoal
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1939
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Ashcan, Illustration
Catalog References:	This original illustration, titled "Cops at Ease in the Muster Room of a Station," accompanied the article Nineteen Thousand Cops published in the July 1939 issue of Fortune Magazine.
Article References:	This issue was dedicated to the city of New York and included a total of ten paintings by Riggs for this article on New York City's police department. Robert Riggs was a gay artist.
Incollect Reference #:	335204

Dimensions

W.	23.5 in;	H.	22 in;
W.	59.69 cm;	H.	55.88 cm;

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