Points of Reference: Atlas, Webster & Roget

Alphonse Mattia, Points of Reference: Atlas, Webster & Roget, 1995, painted Baltic birch plywood and various hardwoods with glass and gold leaf, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Peter T. Joseph, 1998.34.2A-O
Alphonse Mattia, Points of Reference: Atlas, Webster & Roget, 1995, painted Baltic birch plywood and various hardwoods with glass and gold leaf, part A (case with tilted mirror): 721913 12 in. (182.948.334.3 cm) part B (case with square mirror): 7021 1215 12 in. (177.854.639.4 cm) part C (case with circular mirror): 66 121918 in. (168.948.345.7 cm) part D (first large drawer in part A): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part E (second large drawer in part A): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part F (first large drawer in part B): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part G (second large drawer in part B): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part H (first large drawer in part C): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part I (second large drawer in part C): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part J (first small drawer in part A): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part K (second small drawer in part A): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part L (first small drawer in part B): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part M (second small drawer in part B): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part N (first small drawer in part C): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part O (second small drawer in part C): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Peter T. Joseph, 1998.34.2A-O

Artwork Details

Title
Points of Reference: Atlas, Webster & Roget
Date
1995
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
part A (case with tilted mirror): 721913 12 in. (182.948.334.3 cm) part B (case with square mirror): 7021 1215 12 in. (177.854.639.4 cm) part C (case with circular mirror): 66 121918 in. (168.948.345.7 cm) part D (first large drawer in part A): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part E (second large drawer in part A): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part F (first large drawer in part B): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part G (second large drawer in part B): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part H (first large drawer in part C): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part I (second large drawer in part C): 4 38134 38 in. (11.133.011.1 cm) part J (first small drawer in part A): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part K (second small drawer in part A): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part L (first small drawer in part B): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part M (second small drawer in part B): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part N (first small drawer in part C): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm) part O (second small drawer in part C): 2 14134 38 in. (5.733.011.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter T. Joseph
Mediums
Mediums Description
painted Baltic birch plywood and various hardwoods with glass and gold leaf
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture — detail — stairs
  • Object — furniture — mirror
  • Object — written matter — book
Object Number
1998.34.2A-O

Works by this artist (3 items)

Dorothy Young Graham, Midnight Still Life, ca.1945, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Michael J. Ettner, 2021.88.93
Midnight Still Life
Dateca.1945
gouache on paperboard
Not on view
Haunted House #4
Dateca.1945
watercolor on paper
Not on view
Haunted House #4
Dateca.1945
lithograph on paper
Not on view

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