Banjo Clock
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 50.8 x 36.9 cm (20 x 14 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 32 1/2"high; width of dial, 8"; width, base-10". See d.s. for dets
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.4769
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Frank M. Keane · 1876–1941
Frank M. Keane was born on June 6, 1866, in San Francisco, California, where he received his artistic training at the School of Design. A longtime resident of the city at the turn of the century, he developed a versatile practice that included illustration work, such as designing bookmarks in an Arts and Crafts style for the prominent San Francisco publisher Paul Elder around 1905. His early outpu...