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American 20th Century

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a wooden sideboard with an upper glass-fronted cabinet featuring two doors with panes of glass and an arch detail at the top. The sideboard has an angled front, tapers toward the back, and stands on four slender legs. The color palette includes rich browns and natural wood tones with hints of blue, white, and green visible through the glass panes. The cabinet has brass handles on the lower cupboards and small finials along the top edge of the upper unit.

Artwork Details

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, gouache and graphite on paper
Dimensions
3432 × 4654 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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