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
