Chest

c. 1936

Frances Lichten

Associated Names
Frances Lichten

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image features a rectangular chest with an ornate floral pattern on its front panel. The color palette includes muted greens, browns, and beiges, with hints of red and pink on the decorations. The chest is positioned horizontally across the lower part of the image, with a detailed top view of its lid displayed above it. To the right of the main chest is a side view, with an illustration of a latch and key above it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 37.9 x 48 cm (14 15/16 x 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.3622

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 701, no. 2579.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: .FRANCES LICHTEN.

Wikidata ID

Q64562260

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