Bandbox

c. 1939

Gilbert Sackerman

Associated Names
Gilbert Sackerman

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a cylindrical object with a pastoral scene wrapped around it. The scene features a house with a gabled roof and several trees. The object has a blue background, while the house and trees are depicted in shades of brown, green, and red. The house is on the left side of the cylinder, surrounded by rows of tall, narrow trees that extend along the width of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30 x 39.6 cm (11 13/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 11 1/2" high; 17" long

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8364

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York, 1970: 525, pl. 1957.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Gilbert Sackerman

Wikidata ID

Q64572239

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