Noah's Ark and Animals

1935/1942

Ben Lassen

Associated Names
Ben Lassen

Artist, American, 1904 - 1968

The image shows a wooden model of a boat with a house-like structure on top, and a group of small carved animals below it. The boat has a red roof with a zigzag pattern, cream-colored walls with small square windows, and accents of blue and brown. The color palette consists primarily of earthy tones, with the animals being yellow, red, brown, gray, and black. The boat is positioned horizontally across the upper portion of the image with its pointed end facing the right, while the animals are scattered in front of the boat, slightly towards the lower half of the image, arranged in multiple groups.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38 x 35.4 cm (14 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 10 3/8" long; 3 1/8" wide; 4 3/8" high; animals: 1 3/4" long; 1 3/8" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.7806


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 623, no. 2215.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: BEN LASSEN

Wikidata ID

Q64537187

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