Object Timeline

1920

  • Work on this object began.

1930

  • Work on this object ended.

1954

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Pursuit of Pleasure

This is a Print. It was created by Jerome Myers and Mrs. Jerome Myers. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is lithograph in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Jerome Myers. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Jerome Myers.

Its dimensions are

Image: 14.3 × 30.2 cm (5 5/8 × 11 7/8 in.) 30.2 × 40.5 cm (11 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: RIVES

It is signed

Signed with initials in print, lower left: J. M.; signed in graphite, lower right margin: JEROME MYERS.; in graphite, below: EM- [Ethel Myers]

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left corner: Pursuit of Pleasure– / Lithograph; in graphite, lower right corner: 25

Cite this object as

Print, Pursuit of Pleasure; Jerome Myers (American, 1867 - 1940), Mrs. Jerome Myers; USA; lithograph in black ink on paper; Image: 14.3 × 30.2 cm (5 5/8 × 11 7/8 in.) 30.2 × 40.5 cm (11 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Jerome Myers; 1954-34-12

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