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TitleThe artist's dilemmaOther Titles (e.g. Variant)Artist's dilemma, or, What he saw in a nightmare (Title in Edison films catalog)What he saw in a nightmareTypeMoving ImageMonographSubjectArtists--Drama (LCSH)Nightmares--Drama (LCSH)Clowns--Drama (LCSH)Artists' models--Drama (LCSH)Painting--Drama (LCSH) Summary"The scene opens in an artist's studio, the artist asleep in his chair. A large old fashioned clock opens and a young lady comes out and awaking the artist, requests him to paint her picture. While the artist is executing the work a clown comes down from the clock, takes in the situation and begins to make love to the lady. The artist detects him and compels him to desist his love making. He continues to paint. The clown becomes interested and asks the artist to allow him to paint the picture, and begins smearing a whitewash brush over the canvas, when lo, a most perfect image of the young lady appears. The image then steps down from the frame, joins the young lady in the studio, and the figures, each a perfect counterpart of the other begin to dance to the great astonishment of the artist. The clown then by waving his hand causes the figures of the two girls to merge into one. The artist then assumes his seat and awakens from his dream with a great shock. 125 ft."--Edison films catalog.Capture capture: Date: 1900-10-XX/1900-11-XX Place: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation Filmed ca. November to December 1900, on Vitagraph's roof-top studio in New York, New York.DurationPT2MAuthorized Access PointThe artist's dilemma