Vanity of Vanities
Artist
Harry Louis Freund
(American, 1905 - 1999)
Date1950
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsSheet: 18 7/8 × 16 5/8 inches (47.93 × 42.24 cm)
Image: 13 5/8 × 11 inches (34.62 × 27.94 cm)
Image: 13 5/8 × 11 inches (34.62 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object numberF99-5/5
Signedu.l. reverse, pencil: "Louis Freund/Vanity of Vanities (c.1946)/lithograph/158.3"; inverted on u.l. reverse, pencil: "L. Freund"
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DescriptionImage depicts masses of people moving in lines and clustered together. A scholar wearing a mortarboard is shown reading at lower right. A woman holding an infant is at lower center. A reclining man and woman appear to converse at lower left. Another group of men appears to be playing a game. One man kneels; another holds a large gun.Copyright© Louis and Elsie Freund Estate / Jerry Bedford
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