# Reading Lamp, in 20th-century United States

Joseph Cannella painted this in 1941, aged 47. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: 1941
- Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
- Dimensions: overall: 56.3 x 39.5 cm (22 3/16 x 15 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 14" long; 20" high
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.8.12768
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Joseph Cannella](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/joseph-cannella), American, 1894–1983

1 works in the collection.

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