Evening at Home

1940

Helfond Jackson

Associated Names
Helfond Jackson

Artist, American

This is a drawing of a room interior with a person reading a newspaper. The space includes a bed with swirling lines on the bedspread and a wooden floor with visible planks. The room features a tall, narrow dresser with a curved mirror on top, and a small photograph or picture frame is placed on the dresser. The wall to the left has a framed artwork with a subtle human figure sketch. The person is seated on a simple wooden chair, deeply engaged in reading a newspaper with headlines mentioning "WAR" and other topics. The drawing is monochrome, using varied shading techniques to create depth and shadow.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Estate of Norman Lewis, New York, NY); Sylvan Cole Gallery (via Mann-Williams Antiques), New York, NY; Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT, 26 February 1993; gift to the NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

Inscribed: Evening At Home in pencil, lower left; Jackson '40 in pencil, lower right.

Wikidata ID

Q76456846

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