Shaker Refectory Table with Benches

c. 1936

Alfred H. Smith

Artist, American, active c. 1935

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.7 x 28 cm (8 15/16 x 11 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 30" high; 120" long; 24 1/2" wide

  • Accession

    1943.8.13644

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2019

  • Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 28 Jan 2018-13 May 2018; High Museum of Art, Atlanta 24 Jun 2018-30 Sep 2018; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 18 Nov 2018-18 Mar 2019, cat. 8.

2023

  • Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2023.

Bibliography

2018

  • Cooke, Lynne. Outliers and American Vanguard Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Los Angeles County Museum, 2018: 135, no. 8.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Alfred I. Smith; lower right in graphtie: Refrectory Table

Wikidata ID

Q64534339

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