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Candle Lantern

1938

Max Fernekes

Associated Names

Max Fernekes

Artist, American, 1905 - 1984

The image displays a wooden-framed lantern with glass panels on each side and an unlit candle in the center. The lantern has one open glass-panel door and a handle arcing over the top.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paper
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 35.7 x 28.3 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Original IAD Object: 9" high, 6 1/2" wide
Accession Number

1943.8.12293

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Max Ferneckes / 1938

Wikidata ID

Q64614085

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