For Blanche & Sam, Their Rooms with a View - Below, Above, & Within the Clouds

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

For Blanche & Sam, Their Rooms with a View - Below, Above, & Within the Clouds

Entry/Object ID

2012.109

Description

Two sets of floating binoculars and a hand

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor, pastel, pencil on paper

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Samuel and Blanche Koffler

Made/Created

Artist

Lanyon, Ellen

Date made

1978

Ethnography

Notes

North America United States Chicago

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Recto BC

Transcription

"For Blanche & Sam, Their Rooms with a View - Below, Above, & Within the Clouds - 7/28/78 - Ellen Lanyon"

Material/Technique

graphite

Location

Verso- attached

Transcription

"Dear Blanche & Sam: This is a sort-of dumb idea but I couldn't resist the image. Your new home is beautiful. Your party was swell. - I love you both a lot!! - Yours, Ellen

Material/Technique

graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: attached note

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

10-7/8 in

Length

13-7/8 in

Dimension Description

frame

Width

17-1/4 in

Depth

2 in

Length

21-1/4 in

Exhibition

Gifts from the Koffler Collection

Interpretative Labels

Label

For Blanche & Sam, Their Rooms with a View - Below, Above, & Within the Clouds Lanyon, Ellen 1978 Two sets of floating binoculars and a hand