Minneapolis Institute of Art
Lamplight
Wanda GágLinkedCulture matchlcp-859de2949827
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- Wash lithograph on stone
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 50085
Wanda Gág made her own bent lampshade to produce the dramatic shadows in Lamplight . She loved the honesty of everyday objects and the associations they evoked. For her, this humble setting stood for a simpler, preindustrial time, in contrast to the blackened doorway, which suggests an unknown future. This image was first exhibited in January 1930, just a few months into the Great Depression. It became one of Gág’s most famous prints. United States, Americas
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- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John E. Larkin, Jr.
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