Batik mural with a portrait of Jessica Dragonette, soprano and radio star, by Arthur Gordon Smith. The mural also includes the Original WJZ 500 Watt Transmitter Newark NJ, the City Service Broadcast over NBC, Radio City Music Hall, a portrait of Marconi, broadcasting to Byrd at the South Pole, an Armistice Day address from Arlington National Cemetery, zeppelins, airplanes, and skyscrapers, amid symbols of music and theater. A portrait of the artist appears in the lower left corner.
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- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Batik mural with a portrait of Jessica Dragonette, soprano and radio star, in the center, standing on a globe with lines of music radiating out in all directions behind her. The mural also includes the Original WJZ 500 Watt Transmitter Newark NJ, the City Service Broadcast over NBC, Radio City Music Hall, a portrait of Marconi, broadcasting to Byrd at the South Pole, an Armistice Day address from Arlington National Cemetery, zeppelins, airplanes, and skyscrapers, amid symbols of music and theater. A portrait of the artist, Arthur Gordon Smith, appears in the lower left corner.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- Arthur Gordon Smith, (Canadian, 1901–n.d)
- For
- Mrs. Nadea Dragonette Loftus, (American, 1892–1982)
- Jessica Dragonette, (American, 1900–1980)
- Date
- 1934
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nicholas Meredith Turner in memory of Jessica Dragonette.
- Medium
- Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave Label: cotton batik
- Dimensions
- H x W: 262.9 × 492.8 cm (103 1/2 × 194 in.)
- Type
- printed, dyed & painted textiles
- Object Name
- Mural
- Type
- Mural
