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Parlor Chair

c. 1940

LeRoy Griffith

Associated Names

LeRoy Griffith

Artist, American, 1915 - 1958

The image displays a wooden chair with a rounded backrest and dark upholstered seat as the central object. The color palette includes warm browns and deep purples. The chair is positioned centrally in the image, slightly angled, with its front and side legs visible and casting faint shadows on the light background.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, colored pencil and pen and ink on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 32.5 x 27.7 cm (12 13/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Original IAD Object: none given
Accession Number

1943.8.4314

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: LEROY GRIFFITH

Wikidata ID

Q64592985

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