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Paul Cadmus burst on the national art scene in the 1930s with dynamic paintings and etchings that provoked outrage for their social, political and erotic content. Drawn  and etched with an old master command of line and form, Cadmus' Two Boys on a Beach No. 1 (1938) depicts two young men, one holding a symbolic apple of temptation.

Source: News, July AUgust September, 2008.


DimensionsSheet: 9 13/16 × 10 11/16 in. (24.9 × 27.1 cm)
Plate: 5 1/8 × 7 3/16 in. (13 × 18.3 cm)
Accession Number 2008.26
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightARS
SignedPaul Cadmus (l,r graphite)
Two Boys on a Beach No.1
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines