INVITATION TO A BARBECUE

Artist JOHN HELD JR. (1889 - 1958)

Datec.1920

CountryUtah, USA

MediumWoodcut

Dimensions38.7 × 28.9 cm (15 1/4 × 11 3/8") (Image)
Overall: 52.4 × 42.7 cm (20 5/8 × 16 13/16")
70.8 × 55.9 cm (27 7/8 × 22") (Mat)

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art

Terms

Object number840019700

DescriptionThis is a vertically formatted black ink print in which the upper half is an image and the lower half is text. In the image is a male figure in the left center facing front right, wearing a chef hat, and holding a knife in his left hand. In the lower right is a fire. Above it is an upside-down sheep with black smoke rising above it. In the lower left is a cornucopia with fruit. In the background are hills, trees, and a cloudy sky. The lower half reads "GO GET YOUR GAL and HURRY to Ye GOODE-OLD FASHIONED BARBEQUE ye CHEF WILL ROAST Ye SHEEP ON HIGH and THER'LL BE THINGS TO MAKE YOU SPRY/ Sat. OCTOBER the 2nd at one OCLOCK 1920/ at ye farm of John & Johnnie HELD GRIND-STONE HILL". Under these words are two cornucopia with fruit flanking each side of the writing.

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