Lamp Base
1939
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28.2 x 22.9 cm (11 1/8 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 1/2" long; 3 1/2" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.12485
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Samuel O. Klein · 1906–1991
Samuel O. Klein is an artist whose biographical details remain largely unrecorded in standard art-historical references, his dates and nationality currently undocumented. Nevertheless, the presence of his work across museum collections attests to a productive career and a level of recognition that earned him a place in the institutional record, however incomplete the accompanying documentation may...