Magic Lamp Clock in 18th Century Figure
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 54.3 x 36.9 cm (21 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2"tall; 7 3/4"wide. See data sheet 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
1943.8.4823
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
George File · 1885–1995
George File is an artist whose work survives in museum collections in sufficient number to indicate a sustained and productive career, even though the biographical details that might place him within a specific artistic tradition — his dates, his nationality, his training — have not been established in the sources currently accessible to researchers. His name appears consistently enough across ins...