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Lantern

1935/1942

Rose Campbell-Gerke

Associated Names

Rose Campbell-Gerke

Artist, American, 1879-1964

The image shows a cylindrical lantern with a conical top and a circular handle at the top. The lantern has perforated patterns on its metal surface. It is primarily in metallic gray and brown tones. The lantern is centered in the image with the handle at the top and the cylindrical body hanging vertically below it. The background is a plain, light, neutral shade.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 35.5 x 24.3 cm (14 x 9 9/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.12211

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 326, pl. 1109.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: ROSE CAMPBELL-GERKE

Wikidata ID

Q64629910

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