THE FATAL CARD

Artist JOHN HELD JR. (1889 - 1958)

Datec.1925

CountryUtah, USA

MediumWoodcut

DimensionsOverall (Image): 23 × 31 cm (9 1/16 × 12 3/16")
Overall (Sheet): 27 × 34.4 cm (10 5/8 × 13 9/16")
40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20") (Mat)

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art

Terms

Object number840019900

DescriptionThis is a horizontally formatted print of two male figures in a room. In the upper left is a window with a lightning bolt seen through it. To the right is a standing male figure facing front right. In the lower right is another male figure who lies on his arched back on a table with playing cards. The figure on the table has a knife in his chest and a lamp hanging from the ceiling above him. There are bottles at the lower left corner and a toppled chair between the two men, as well as a painting with a horse and a nude painting to the right of the standing man.

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