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The image depicts a large brass candlestick with intricate detailing, a round base, three curved legs with ball feet. There is a smaller sketch of the same candlestick next to it, along with a scale indicating its size in inches. The artist's signature, "Hans Korsch," is at the bottom right of the image.
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The image depicts a large brass candlestick with intricate detailing, a round base, three curved legs with ball feet. There is a smaller sketch of the same candlestick next to it, along with a scale indicating its size in inches. The artist's signature, "Hans Korsch," is at the bottom right of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Andiron (one of pair)

Hans Korsch

Date
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28.6 x 22 cm (11 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 3/4" high
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.8198
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

upper left in graphite: scale drawing and measuring scale; lower right in graphite: HANS KORSCH

NGA object ID 20396. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.