Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand, Sitting Up and Taking Nourishment, undated
- Title:
- Sitting Up and Taking Nourishment
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink, blue chalk and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on card
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 14 1/8 × 19 1/8 inches (35.9 × 48.6 cm), Sheet: 13 1/8 × 18 1/16 inches (33.3 × 45.9 cm), Image: 11 3/8 × 16 3/4 inches (28.9 × 42.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower center:" SITTING UP AND TAKING NOURISHMENT"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, upper right: "NAME | League of Nations | TROUBLE | Anaemia | CONDITION | Dying"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, upper left: "FALSE | PATRIOTISM | UNDERTAKERS"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, center: "SAAR | STEAK"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower right: "Daily [...] Bugle | FRESH STIMULUS TO | DISARMAMENT | Daily S[...] | INTERNATIONAL | POLICE PROVED | GREAT SUCCESS | THE | U.S.A. | FOR | WORLD | COURT"
Signed in brush and black ink, lower right: "LOW"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anthony Monaghan
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- B1986.32.1
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | historical subject | World War 1939-1945
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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