Lot Essay
A photocopy of the newspaper article for which the present work was commissioned accompanies the lot. Below the illustration reads: 'The courts think more of cows in Indiana than of women in Michigan.'
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Sacred Cow, Indiana
Details
William James Glackens (1870-1938)
Sacred Cow, Indiana
signed 'W Glackens' (lower right)--inscribed with title (lower center)--signed, dated and inscribed 'W.J. Glackens April 13, 1912 I illustrated The Law, the Label, and the Liars' (on an old label affixed to the reverse)
pencil and watercolor on paper
6¼ x 10¾ in. (15.9 x 27.3 cm.) (image size); 11 x 12¾ in. (27.9 x 32.4 cm.) (sheet size)
Sacred Cow, Indiana
signed 'W Glackens' (lower right)--inscribed with title (lower center)--signed, dated and inscribed 'W.J. Glackens April 13, 1912 I illustrated The Law, the Label, and the Liars' (on an old label affixed to the reverse)
pencil and watercolor on paper
6¼ x 10¾ in. (15.9 x 27.3 cm.) (image size); 11 x 12¾ in. (27.9 x 32.4 cm.) (sheet size)
Literature
S.H. Adams, Colliers Weekly, 'The Law, the Label, and the Liars,' April 13, 1912, illustrated.