Toreador and Dead Bull
1876 to 1900
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graphite sketch at the head of a typewritten letter from Betty & Al Bendiner to Edith & Lessing Rosenwald on stationery from the Hotel Crillon, Madrid
Dimensions
overall: 27.2 x 21.1 cm (10 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1980.45.144
About the Artist
Alfred Bendiner
Alfred Bendiner (July 23, 1899 – March 19, 1964) was a Philadelphia-based architect, artist, caricaturist, and writer whose career demonstrated a rare synthesis of technical precision and wit. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Hungarian immigrant parents, Bendiner moved with his family to Philadelphia, where he attended the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Arts before serving in the mil...