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A Finger on the Drum, Kay Sage, 1940
Kay Sage, portraitKay SageAmerican, 1898–1963

A Finger on the Drum

1940 · Painting

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “A Finger on the Drum” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 415B · East Building, Upper Level, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room415B · East Building, Upper Level

Closed· opens at 10:00 AM

On public display.

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In this state since
Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

Details

Accession number
2014.136.92

What it shows

Fantasy

In the catalog

PaintingsOilAmerican paintingModernism20th centuryAmericanSurrealist

Sources

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Study for "Third Paragraph", Kay Sage, 1953

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1954 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Watching the Clock, Kay Sage, 1958

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The Great Impossible, Kay Sage, 1961

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1961 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Blood Machine (recto); Untitled (verso), Kay Sage, 1942

Blood Machine (recto); Untitled (verso)

1942 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

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The Farm, Joan Miró, 1921-1922

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A Moment of Calm, Max Ernst, 1939

Max Ernst

A Moment of Calm, 1939

Fresh Widow, Marcel Duchamp, original 1920, fabricated 1964

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Shell No. I, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1928

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The Invisible Object (Hands Holding the Void), Alberto Giacometti, model 1934, cast 1935

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