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Will Shuster, 40th Wedding Anniversary, circa 1941, oil on board, 24 × 26 3/8 in. Collection of…
40th Wedding Anniversary
Will Shuster, 40th Wedding Anniversary, circa 1941, oil on board, 24 × 26 3/8 in. Collection of…
Will Shuster, 40th Wedding Anniversary, circa 1941, oil on board, 24 × 26 3/8 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Catherine Rayne, 1978 (4011.23P). Photo by Cameron Gay.

40th Wedding Anniversary

Artist (American, 1893 - 1969)
Datecirca 1941
Mediumoil on board
DimensionsImage: 16 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (41.3 × 51.4 cm)
Support: 18 × 21 3/4 in. (45.7 × 55.2 cm)
Frame: 24 × 26 3/8 × 1 in. (61 × 67 × 2.5 cm)
Frame (Display box): 33 × 36 5/8 × 3 1/4 in. (83.8 × 93 × 8.3 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Catherine Rayne, 1978
Object number4011.23P
DescriptionThe 40th wedding anniversary party of John and Dolly Sloan. There are 15 people sitting at a round table with a large white and green frosted cake at the center. The cake has 40th Anniversary written on the front in pink icing. In front of the seated party members are neon reddish-pink glasses. Glass carafes of wine sit on the table surrounding the cake. A waiter in a white shirt at the upper left is serving the woman in the red dress (Dolly). At the upper right is a woman in a yellow baseball cap. Standing next to Dolly on the right is a man wearing a red tie (John) and gesticulating at the man to his right.


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Terms
  • anniversaries
  • marriage
  • circles (social groups)
  • cake
  • decorations
  • parties
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