Philip Reisman
Knife Grinder
1928
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Philip Reisman
Knife Grinder
1928
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 145 × 166 mm. (5 11/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Plate: 101 × 117 mm. (4 × 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Estate of Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number
2002.496
Man standing on the street grinding a knife, horse to the left.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Bush, Martin. Philip Reisman: People are his Passion, 1986. Hills, Patricia. Social Concern and Urban Realism: American Painting in the 1930's, 1983
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: URQ: 'P REISMAN/1929'; graphite: LL: '138'; LR; 'Philip Reisman'; VERSO: LWRC: 'JK K' [Kainen collector stamp]
Markings: none - none
