Inscribed: Recto: lower right, in graphite: "Arthur Dove"; bottom center, in graphite: "-6 1/2-" Verso: stamped "COPYRIGHT BY LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY / [Illegible]"; blue pencil annotations "8520 [encircled]" and "5 [encircled]"; sheet affixed with typed description of illustration: "Folwell (Tenement kid stuff) 15423 / A dissarisfied tenement kid, very small, is vexing the patience / of an older brother. The day is hot and sizzling. The older boy is pointing / to where, a few feet down the street, a scawny tree is trying to keep life / intact, over the wall fo an old church [last phrase crossed out] (there are such sights on the East Side). / CAPTION: "What yer wishin' to go in the country fur? Ain't we got a tree right here on the block?""

Markings: Verso: upper center, stamped in black ink: "Life Publishing Company"