The Joy of Life
date: label: Date made
content: about 1940
label: Date made
content: March 1920
label: date made
content: circa 1940
name: label: printer
content: Kistler, Lynton R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Beatrice Wood (1883-1998) was an acclaimed artist, most well known for her work as a ceramicist and her role in founding the Dada Movement. While working in the Los Angeles art scene during the 1930s, she was introduced to master printer Lynton Kistler, who persuaded her to take up printmaking and gifted her a set of materials to learn lithography. Her prints were simple and satirical; in her print "The Joy of Living," she uses an ironic title to capture how small hardships, such as a broken down car, are an unavoidable part of life. This lithograph was created in 1932 and was included in her first lithographic exhibit at the Stendahl Galleries.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
label: Associated Place
content: Mexico: Chiapas, Los Angeles
topic: label: Subject
content: Travel
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Kistler Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0650.0954
label: accession number
content: 1978.0650
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0650.0954
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Other Terms
content: Print; Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 28.6 cm x 36.1 cm; 11 1/4 in x 14 7/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.3 cm x 40.6 cm; 11 15/16 in x 15 31/32 in