Shaker Rug

1935/1942

George V. Vezolles

Artist, American, 1885 - 1956

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 53.4 x 60 cm (21 x 23 5/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 41 1/4" wide; 37 1/4" long

  • Accession

    1943.8.7691

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 53, as Shaker Rug with a Horse.

2016

  • Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture, Frazier History Museum, Louisville, 2016 - 2017.

Bibliography

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003: no. 53.

2015

  • Doss, Erika, Jerrold Hirsch, and Jean M. Burks. Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture. Exh. cat. Frazier History Museum, Louisville, 2016: 125-127, no. 23, fig. 98.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Geo. V. Vezolles

Wikidata ID

Q64571604

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