Candlestick

1935/1942

Milton Bevier

Associated Names
Milton Bevier

Artist, American, 1890 - 1959

The image shows an antique candlestick holder with an attached handle and a snuffer, along with a pair of ornate scissors-like snuffers positioned above it. The color palette is metallic brown and bronze tones. The candlestick holder is central at the bottom half of the image, with the scissors-like snuffers slightly above and to the right of it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 33.9 x 34 cm (13 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 5 1/8" high; 4 1/8" wide; snuffer: 2 5/8" high; trimmer: 4 3/4" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9052

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 171, no. 335.

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 319, pl. 1083.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: MILTON BEVIER

Wikidata ID

Q64615160

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