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Holiday Evening

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A lithograph print by Francis Chapin. It depicts the a nighttime scene outside of the movie theater that was at the back of the Big Pavilion. Chapin uses big swaths of solid black ink, which helps contrast and illuminate the movie theater and its patrons meandering around.
A lithograph that depicts a night scene in front of a movie theater.

2021.15.07

08/03/2021

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11/18/2023

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Lithograph

1909 Big Pavilion -1960

Carow, Nat

Chapin, Francis

Lithograph

Print, Planographic

Print

Graphic Documents

Documentary Objects

Category 08: Communication Objects

9-1/2 in

13 in

Art Conservation Room

Curator’s Choice Exhibit

Francis Chapin 1899 - 1965 Holiday Evening undated | lithograph print Notes: Francis Chapin was born in Bristolville, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Washington & Jefferson College and attended the Art Institute of Chicago on a fellowship. From 1929 to 1946, he was a teacher at the Chicago Art Institute, and from 1941 to 1946 directed their Summer School at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, Michigan. He also taught at the John Herron Art Institute at the Indianapolis Art Museum and the University of Georgia. He was dubbed the Dean of Chicago Painters in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. * This work captures the theater adjacent to the Big Pavilion on a busy evening. To the left, an orchestra is playing on the stage in the Pavilion dance hall. *adapted from the Archives of askART Collection: Saugatuck Douglas History Center Gift of: Darin Leese and Frank Vandervort Accession: 2021.15.07