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Foot Stool

1938

Alexander Anderson

Associated Names

Alexander Anderson

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden stool with a multicolored checkered cloth top. The color palette includes natural wood tones, dark brown, and muted red and beige in the fabric. The stool is positioned centrally in the image with its four curved legs splayed outwards.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 31.1 x 38 cm (12 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
Original IAD Object: 10 1/2" high; 17 1/4"long
Accession Number

1943.8.5277

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: ALEXANDER ANDERSON-1938-

Wikidata ID

Q64534092

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