Billiards at the Century Association
1930
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etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.46 × 25.08 cm (6 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.) sheet: 21.59 × 28.58 cm (8 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)
Accession Number
2015.19.1011
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 1930s New York with Richard Lahey's etching *Billiards at the Century Association*. Created in 1930, this intimate print captures a moment of leisure among gentlemen at the prestigious Century Association, a private club founded in 1847 as a haven for artists, writers, and intellectuals. Lahey, an American painter and printmaker who was himself a member, evokes the club's storied atmosphere—think polished tables, focused players, and the subtle camaraderie of elite society amid the early years of the Great Depression. Rendered as a black etching on wove paper (p...