March 31, 2008

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Give it a Rest: People at Play in American Prints and Drawings, 1895-1945

Through August 3
Detroit Institute of Art
Detroit, Michigan
(313) 833-7900

This exhibition of approximately 100 works on paper serves as a corollary and thematic complement to another exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA), "Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush With Leisure." Drawn almost entirely from the DIA's collection, and featuring prints from John Sloan, George Bellows, Glenn O. Coleman, and Martin Lewis, includes, among others, images of people at the circus, the beach, in city parks, and partaking in other leisure activities, forming a rich reflection of casual times in daily life.

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Charleston Practice -Lunch Hour
by Martin Lewis, 1926, drypoint and sandpaper ground printed in black ink on wove paper, 10 13/16 x 14 15/16. All artwork this exhibition Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan.
Hurdy-Gurdy Ballet
by Glenn O. Coleman, 1928, lithograph printed in black on wove paper, 15⅞ x 20⅛.
The Woman's Page
by John Sloan, 1905, etching printed in black ink on wove paper, 9 x 12⅜.


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Circus Night
by Martin Lewis, 1933, drypoint and sandpaper ground printed in black ink on wove paper, 14⅝ x 18 5/8.
Down to the Sea at Night
by Martin Lewis, 1929, drypoint and sandpaper ground printed in black ink on laid paper, 11½ x 16.
In the Park
by George Wesley Bellows, 1916, lithograph printed in black on Japan paper, 19 x 25¾.

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