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The Last Lap

1939

Clayton Knight

Associated Names

Clayton Knight

Artist, American, 1891 - 1969

Associated American Artists

Publisher

This is a drawing of several airplanes maneuvering near a checkered tower. The drawing captures three airplanes in dynamic flight, shown from a dramatic angle with one aircraft flying overhead in the foreground. In the bottom left, there is a checkered tower with a flag. The sky is filled with clouds. The shading and the use of perspective give depth and a three-dimensional effect to the elements in the drawing.

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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: 32 × 24.3 cm (12 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
sheet: 40.5 × 30 cm (15 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.2900

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2016

Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 45, no. 341.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: CLAYTON KNIGHT

Wikidata ID

Q76551160

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