The Twenty-Five Cent Summer Cap

Art © Estate of Larry Rivers/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

The Twenty-Five Cent Summer Cap

Currently not on view

The Twenty-Five Cent Summer Cap,

1956

Larry Rivers, American, 1923–2002
2007-36

Information

Title
The Twenty-Five Cent Summer Cap
Dates

1956

Maker
Larry Rivers
Medium
Oil paint, oil washes, over black chalk, with selected sanding
Dimensions
76.7 × 58 cm (30 3/16 × 22 13/16 in.) frame: 87.2 × 68.2 × 5 cm (34 5/16 × 26 7/8 × 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Christopher Forbes, Class of 1972, on the occasion of his 35th reunion, and Charlotte Forbes Escaravage, Class of 1997, and Phillip Escaravage, Class of 1997, on the occasion of their 10th reunion.
Object Number
2007-36
Signatures
Signed and dated in black colored pencil, lower left center in image: Rivers '56
Inscription
in black colored pencil, lower left center in image above signature: for Bertie in graphite, on verso upper left: 92 Little [illegible] Road Southampton L.I.N.Y.
Culture
American
Type
drawings
Materials
black chalk, Arches (TM) paper, glue, oil paint, wash
Techniques
sanding (coating)
Subject
figures (representations), men, caps (headgear)

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