Rocking Chair

1940

LeRoy Griffith

Associated Names
LeRoy Griffith

Artist, American, 1915 - 1958

A wooden rocking chair with a backrest made of vertical spindles and a slightly curved top back. The chair is placed in the center, leaning slightly to the right. The color palette is natural wood tones of brown and beige. The background is plain and light beige.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 44.6 x 33.8 cm (17 9/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 38 1/2"high; 16"wide, seat front; back 13"wide. Rockers 38"long

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.4560

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 229, pl. 842.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: LEROY GRIFFITH

Wikidata ID

Q64592986

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