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The image displays an interior room with a central fireplace. Various decorative objects adorn the fireplace. Wooden beams support the walls and ceiling, with wood paneling on the walls. The floor is covered in a green carpet-like material. The walls have framed pictures and artifacts. The color palette includes browns, greens, reds, and blues. A door with light coming through is on the left side of the fireplace. Windows on the far right wall allow light to illuminate the room.
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The image displays an interior room with a central fireplace. Various decorative objects adorn the fireplace. Wooden beams support the walls and ceiling, with wood paneling on the walls. The floor is covered in a green carpet-like material. The walls have framed pictures and artifacts. The color palette includes browns, greens, reds, and blues. A door with light coming through is on the left side of the fireplace. Windows on the far right wall allow light to illuminate the room.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Backdrop for Puppet Show

Vera Van Voris

Date
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensions
overall: 24.6 x 35 cm (9 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 74" high; 127" wide
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.15715
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • San Francisco
  • American
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lower right in watercolor: V. Van Voris

NGA object ID 27806. 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.