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A broken-down carousel of horses in a large, damaged room with splintered wood and twisted meta…
Death of a Carousel
A broken-down carousel of horses in a large, damaged room with splintered wood and twisted meta…
A broken-down carousel of horses in a large, damaged room with splintered wood and twisted metal. Sunlight bursts through an opening in the roof illuminating the otherwise dreary room.
Death of a Carousel, Augusta Oelschig, 1951, oil on Masonite, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Estate of Augusta Oelschig.

Death of a Carousel

Date1951
Mediumoil on Masonite
DimensionsCanvas: 21 13/16 × 38 11/16 inches (55.4 × 98.3 cm)
Framed: 25 3/8 × 41 3/16 inches (64.5 × 104.6 cm)
MarkingsStamped on the back bottom left in black ink: "MADE IN BELGIUM"
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1999.25
On View
Not on view
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