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Toy House

1937

Nicholas Acampora

Associated Names

Nicholas Acampora

Artist, American, born Italy, 1886 - 1950

There is a watercolor illustration of a small model house with a two-story red-brick section and a one-story white annex. The colors are earthy tones of red, gray, and white. The house is in the center with the annex attached on the right side.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 30.5 x 38.3 cm (12 x 15 1/16 in.)
Original IAD Object: 8" high; 7 7/8" wide; 4 1/2" deep
Accession Number

1943.8.8509

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York, 1970: 655, pl. 2394.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: N. Acampora / 1937

Wikidata ID

Q64618200

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