Candle Stand

c. 1938

Paul Ward

Associated Names
Paul Ward

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden sculpture or stool-like structure. It has a rectangular base and three legs, topped with a vertical pole that has a horizontal bar near the top. The colors are shades of brown against a pale beige background. The object is centered in the image, with the top part slightly tilted to the left side, and the legs splaying outward from the base.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.9 x 37.9 cm (20 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 36 1/2"high. Base: 8" x 9 1/2". See data sheet for dets.

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.4055

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 318, pl. 1075.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: P. Ward

Wikidata ID

Q64619154

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