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Writing Armchair

1940

Rolland Livingstone

Associated Names

Rolland Livingstone

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden chair with an integrated writing desk surface on the left. The chair has spindle supports, curved armrests, a rich, warm brown color palette, a rounded back, and finely turned legs.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 45.4 x 36.5 cm (17 7/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Original IAD Object: none given
Accession Number

1943.8.4150

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1950

Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 127, no. 243.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: R / Livingstone

Wikidata ID

Q64629451

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