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Lincoln Bookpage
- Creator:
- E. N. Griffith
- Location:
- unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1928
- Materials:
- oil, canvas
- Measurements:
- overall: 17 1/2 in x 15 1/4 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0006
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This trompe l'oeil painting depicts a book page tacked to a wood paneled wall. The page features a large black and white photograph of President Abraham Lincoln with two columns of text underneath. Two torn newspaper clippings hang on either side of the page on the wall. The painting is signed in black in the lower right corner, "E. N. Griffith, 1928." Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum