Whale Oil Lamp
Van Silvay
c. 1941
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 29 x 23.7 cm (11 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.12525
About the Artist
Van Silvay
Van Silvay is an artist whose biographical details remain poorly documented in the sources currently available to art historians. Neither reliable dates, nationality, training, nor a comprehensive account of artistic output have been established, making it difficult to situate this figure within a specific period, school, or geographic tradition. The name appears in connection with works held in ...