Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The Hindenburg Line?!

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Louis Raemaekers
1869-1956

The Hindenburg Line?!

ca. 1918
20 11/16 x 13 7/8 inches (525 x 352 mm)
Black chalk, with brown, blue and green watercolor, on cream paper; framing lines in black chalk.
2006.75

Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.

Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right corner, in black chalk, inside framing line, "Louis Raemaekers"; inscribed below image, in blue pencil, "The Hindenburg Line?! You can't miss it- first round the corner / [cut off/illegible]"; on verso, in black chalk, "25", encircled; "Azz", encircled; and "15 1/2 by 21 3/8."
Classification
Century Drawings