Planets

c. 1937

Helen Lundeberg

Associated Names
Helen Lundeberg

Artist, American, 1908 - 1999

Federal Art Project

Publisher

The image shows a round pedestal table with a slender base in the center, accompanied by a door with a knob on the right and a stack of books with a framed picture on the left. The color palette is primarily grayscale, illustrating varying tones from dark shadows to light highlights. The table is central with its shadow extending to the left, the door is ajar to the right, and the books with the picture lean against the left side, slightly forward on the floor.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Matthew Marks Gallery, NY); Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1986; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 79.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lundeberg; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: E; right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 1093

Markings

BS lower left: FEDERAL / ART / PROJECT

Wikidata ID

Q76443137

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