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Demonstration

Maker Minna Citron (1896 - 1991)

ClassificationsPRINTS

Date1933

Mediumlithograph

Dimensions11 3/4 x 8 9/16 in. (29.8 x 21.7 cm.) sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. (40 x 28.9 cm.)

DescriptionA group of ladies in a store watch the saleswoman apply makeup to her face

SignedSigned and dated in lower right of recto in graphite: '33 Minna Citron

InscribedSigned and dated in lower right of recto in graphite: '33 Minna Citron Inscribed in lower left of recto in graphite: 11/25 / "Demonstration" Inscribed in lower center of recto in graphite: Will Goldberg imp. Inscribed in lower center of inside mat in graphite: Minna Citron Demonstration, 1933 lithograph edition of 25 also sigend by Will Goldberg (Barnet) / the printer

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Hannah S. Kully

Label TextMinna Citron studied at the Art Students League with John Sloan and Reginald Marsh. Like Sloan, she created humorous images of contemporary life, depicting a group of women with exaggerated features watching with a mixture of hope and fascination as a young shopgirl demonstrates the benefits of La Jolie makeup, the name of which translates from French into English as "the pretty one."

Demonstration, with its emphasis on conspicuous consumption, may be read as a satire of the role of women in modern America. Citron's subjects line up to purchase beauty products while ignoring the real issues of the day, represented by the discarded newspaper in the right foreground.

Status

Not on view

Object number2015.31.12