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A37: California Hallway, c. 1940

Miniature room with two tall windows framing a small Cubist painting and a fireplace, two golden scuptures set before the windows. At right, a small red couch is flanked by two Lucite chairs. At left, an open glass door is flanked by oak chaises with red cushions. A plush cream rug fills the space.

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  • Miniature room with two tall windows framing a small Cubist painting and a fireplace, two golden scuptures set before the windows. At right, a small red couch is flanked by two Lucite chairs. At left, an open glass door is flanked by oak chaises with red cushions. A plush cream rug fills the space.

Date:

c. 1940

Artist:

Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne
American, 1882-1966

About this artwork

Narcissa Thorne was primarily interested in historic interiors, but she also recognized the groundbreaking importance of Modernist architecture. This miniature room is one of the few in which she explored the elegant restraint of contemporary design. She took the extraordinary step here of commissioning original, tiny paintings from renowned Cubist artists Fernand Léger and Amadée Ozenfant, as well as a studio pottery piece by Gertrud Natzler.

Status

On View, Gallery 11

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Narcissa Niblack Thorne (Designer)

Title

A37: California Hallway, c. 1940

Place

United States (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1937–1940

Medium

Miniature room, mixed media

Dimensions

Interior, Scale 1 inch = 1 foot: 35.2 × 42.2 × 50.2 cm (13 7/8 × 16 5/8 × 19 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne

Reference Number

1942.517

Extended information about this artwork

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