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Lamplight

1929

Wanda Gág

Associated Names

Wanda Gág

Artist, American, 1893 - 1946

The image shows a wooden chair in front of a table with a tablecloth, a ceramic bowl, and an oil lamp on the table's surface. The scene is displayed in monochrome, with various shades of black, gray, and white creating a high contrast depiction with strong light and shadow effects. The chair is in the foreground, slightly facing left, beside the table extending towards the left edge. A doorway behind the chair leads to a darker room, with light highlighting the texture of the walls and floor.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 27 × 21.4 cm (10 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 40 × 29 cm (15 3/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.1980
Catalogue Raisonné

Winnan 1993, no. 72

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

1993

Winnan, Audur H. Wanda Ga'g: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, no. 72.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Wanda Ga'g '29; lower left in graphite (erased): Lamplight - Lithograph: 25 -

Wikidata ID

Q76442907

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