Idiot's Delight
Idiot's Delight

Currently not on view

Idiot's Delight,

1936

Kyra Markham, American, 1891–1967
x1941-35

Information

Title
Idiot's Delight
Dates

1936

Maker
Kyra Markham
Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 33 x 24 cm. (13 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 40.2 x 29.2 cm. (15 13/16 x 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Federal Art Project, W.P.A. Loan

Object Number
x1941-35
Signatures

Signed and dated in graphite, lower right: Kyra Markham '36

Inscription

Titled in graphite lower center: Lapse of Time – "Idiot's Delight"
Inscribed in graphite below block, lower left: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC / WPA

Marks/Labels/Seals

In graphite, lower right: 13
In graphite, lower left: 22

Culture
American
Type
prints, lithographs
Techniques
lithography
Subject
women, servants, figures (representations), men

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