Macy's Stairway

1941

Wanda Gág

Associated Names
Wanda Gág

Artist, American, 1893 - 1946

The image shows a railing descending down a staircase and a large radiator against a wall. The color scheme is monochromatic with various shades of gray, black, and white. The railing starts on the left, moving towards the center, and the radiator is positioned in the middle with vertical pipes underneath. On the right, a partially visible window casts light and shadows, and a small lamp is mounted on the wall above the radiator.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.1 x 32.2 cm (9 7/8 x 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.3 x 40.6 cm (11 15/16 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4402

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Winnan 1993, no. 117

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1943 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1986-1987.

Bibliography

1993

  • Winnan, Audur H. Wanda Ga'g: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, no. 117.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Wanda Gag - '41

Wikidata ID

Q64962358

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