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The image shows a building's façade at an angle, capturing balconies, a streetlamp, and architectural details. The horizon is not visible, focusing closely on the building's elements. The balconies, with wrought iron railings, are at the top, a streetlight is in the middle beside a store's awning. The brushstrokes are distinct, using a stippling technique for various shades against a lighter background. The color palette is black, white, and grey with stark contrast highlighting details. In the distance, there are suggestions of a street and the lower part of the building.
National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design
Balcony Railing
Aurelia Arbo
- Date
- 1935/1942
- Medium
- pen and ink and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 43.3 x 27 cm (17 1/16 x 10 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 31" high
- Classification
- Index of American Design · Drawing
- Accession number
- 1943.8.16979
- Credit line
- Index of American Design
- Time span
- 1926 to 1950
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- New Orleans
- American
NGA object ID 29070. 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.