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Side Chair

c. 1939

John Dana

Associated Names

John Dana

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image displays a wooden chair with an eagle motif on the backrest. The seat is covered in red fabric that has a ribbed texture. The chair sits against a cream-colored background.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 40.9 x 29.7 cm (16 1/8 x 11 11/16 in.)
Original IAD Object: none given
Accession Number

1943.8.4722

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 195, pl. 714.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: JOHN DANA

Wikidata ID

Q64582219

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