Robert Crumb

American, b. 1943

Bukowski at the Racetrack
1996

Ink on paper
19.25 x 16.25 x 1.25 in.
Gift of Craig and Lynn Jacobson
2019.27

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This object has the following keywords:

• black
• escalators - Refers to continuously operating, power-driven, moving stairways used as transportation between floors or levels in subways, buildings, and other mass pedestrian areas. An inclined belt for passengers riding on cleats was invented by Jesse W. Reno of the United States in 1891; it was inclined at an angle of 25 degrees, and in the first model, the handrail was stationary. The name "escalator" was first applied to a moving stairway shown at the Paris Exposition of 1900, originally a trademark of the Otis Elevator Company.
• ink
• people - Members of the species Homo sapiens and their close extinct relatives, as distinguished from other animals, spirits, or other entities.
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