Study of Pendentive Figure for Electricity, Dome of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL
Object Details
- Artist
- J. Carroll Beckwith, American, 1852–1917
- For
- World's Columbian Exposition
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Outline of a pendentive with woman in green shirt and red skirt. Left arm raised, left hand holding telephone receiver to ear; right arm at side. Behind, to right, a ticker, from which come two strands of tape that are wrapped about figure and then end in a waste-basket to left. Gold background.
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Carroll Beckwith
- 1891–92
- Accession Number
- 1915-2-7
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- mural designs
- Object Name
- Painting
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Pen and ink, brush and oil, gold tone on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54.7 × 39.5 cm (21 9/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
- made in
- USA
- used in
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1915-2-7
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46610837c-cf05-4cea-929b-533e75b73d70
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