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Enigma

1937

Helen Lundeberg

Associated Names

Helen Lundeberg

Artist, American, 1908 - 1999

The image shows a rectangular frame with an illuminated light bulb inside. Below the frame is a wooden stool with a seashell on the seat. The color palette is monochrome with varying shades of gray. The scene includes the frame leaning against a wall supported by the stool casting a shadow to the right. The seashell is delicately placed towards the left edge of the stool's seat.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 304 x 225 mm
sheet: 402 x 295 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.3264

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Federal Art Project, embossed; lower left
Signed: Lundeberg in pencil, in image, lower left

Wikidata ID

Q76442364

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