INVITATION TO A BARBECUE
Artist
JOHN HELD JR.
(1889 - 1958)
Datec.1920
CountryUtah, USA
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsOverall (Image): 39.4 × 28.2 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/8")
Overall (Sheet): 53.3 × 42.9 cm (21 × 16 7/8")
Overall (Sheet): 53.3 × 42.9 cm (21 × 16 7/8")
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate.
Terms
Object number820388175
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.On View
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