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A black ink on rag paper print of boxing champion Jack Dempsey, by Herschel Logan. Logan, one of the Prairie Printmakers, executed this work in 1930. He was born April 19, 1901 in Magnolia, Missouri, and the family moved to Winfield, Kansas shortly afterwards. Logan attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He worked as an advertising artist in Salina until his retirement in 1968. He moved to Santa Ana, California, where he died on December 8, 1987.
Creator: Herschel C. Logan
Date: 1930
Item Number: 222134
Call Number: 1977.170.57
KSHS Identifier: 1977.170.57
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Athletes
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Printmaking - Prairie Print Makers
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Boxing
Date - 1930s - 1930
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Portrait
People - Notable Kansans - Logan, Herschel C., 1901-1987
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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