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Lamp

1938

John Dana

Associated Names

John Dana

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a tall, ornate, purple glass object resembling a decorative bottle or a lamp base. It is placed at the center with a beige background. The object is upright on a square base, with no other objects around it.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 30 x 23.1 cm (11 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Original IAD Object: 9 3/4" high
Accession Number

1943.8.12518

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 166, pl. 578.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 5/6/36 JOHN DANA

Wikidata ID

Q64582326

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