Boudoir

1939

Perkins Harnly

Associated Names
Perkins Harnly

Artist, American, 1901 - 1986

The room contains a blue upholstered chair, a side table with intricate carvings, decorative drapery, large windows with patterned curtains, and a console table with items and a mirror. A large chandelier hangs from the ceiling. The color palette includes deep blues, golds, reds, and greens, with accents of white and brown. The chair is positioned in the foreground to the left, the side table with books and a vase of flowers sits centrally in front of the chair, and the draped windows are in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 57.4 × 45.2 cm (22 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.7633

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1981

  • Perkins Harnly From the Index of American Design, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, October 16, 1981-February 15, 1982, cat. 9

2022

  • The Clamor of Ornament: Exchange, Power, and Joy from the Ffiteenth Century to the Present, The Drawing Center, New York, New York, 2022, pl. 52, repro.

Bibliography

1981

  • _Perkins Harnly From the Index of American Design_Exh. Cat. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Washington DC, October 16, 1981 - February 15, 1982, cat. 9, repr.

2022

  • Hoptman, Laura J. The Clamor of Ornament: Exchange, Power, and Joy from the Fifteenth Century to the Present. Exh. cat. The Drawing Center, New York, New York, 2022: pl. 52, 74.

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Wikidata ID

Q64619310

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