Saddle Blanket

1939

Ethel Dougan

Associated Names
Ethel Dougan

Artist, American, 1898 - 1976

The image shows a folded woven textile with a pattern of alternating horizontal stripes and zigzag motifs. The colors include brown, beige, muted red, green, and pink. The textile is centered, with a slightly curved bottom edge and the left corner tucked in more than the right. The top section is dominated by horizontal stripes, while the lower third features more prominent zigzag patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 26" wide; 94" long

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.14718

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. 51.

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. 154, repro.

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. 51.

2010

  • Thayer, Preston., et. al., Modern Design: Folk Art. (Exh. cat. University of New Mexico). 2010.

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. 154, 226.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Ethel Dougan 1939

Wikidata ID

Q64560002

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