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Lorgnette

Sylvia Dezon

National Gallery of Art

The image features three pairs of eyeglasses or monocles. At the top, there is a colored depiction of a pair of round spectacles with a connecting bridge and side rings, drawn in gold and green tones. Below it, two line-drawn monocles are sketched in gray, one positioned slightly angled below the colored glasses and the other one directly beneath it, horizontally aligned. The background is an off-white. The eyeglasses are centrally positioned within the frame, with the colored glasses at the top third, and the sketched monocles occupying the middle and lower thirds of the image.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
3463 × 4496 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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