Black Sol Day

1937

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: Block: 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm) Sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (11.7 × 8.9 cm)
Collection no.: 55.621.50
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Black Sol Day — Howard Cook. 1937.

Medium: Wood engraving. Dimensions: Block: 2 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (6.4 × 9.5 cm) Sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (11.7 × 8.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of the Estate of John Taylor Arms, 1955.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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