Dictator's Dream

1937

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: color woodcut on Japan paper
Dimensions: image: 23 x 33.6 cm (9 1/16 x 13 1/4 in.) sheet: 25.5 x 38 cm (10 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Collection no.: 2002.98.181
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Dictator's Dream — Louis Schanker. 1937.

Medium: color woodcut on Japan paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 23 x 33.6 cm (9 1/16 x 13 1/4 in.) sheet: 25.5 x 38 cm (10 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2002.98.181. Gift of Jacob Kainen.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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