Life’s Darkest Moment: Sure they’re smiling. It’s a Mercury.

George Biddle

1951

  • Titles Life's Darkest Moment: Sure they're smiling. It's a Mercury. (Proper)
  • Artist George Biddle, American, 1885 - 1973
  • Medium offset lithograph
  • Dimensions sheet: 9 1/16 × 12 1/8 in. (23 × 30.8 cm) image: 8 15/16 × 12 in. (22.7 × 30.5 cm) mat: 14 1/4 × 19 3/16 in. (36.2 × 48.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of the artist, 1963.96
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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