Back of Stencilled Chair

1938

Lawrence Flynn

Associated Names
Lawrence Flynn

Artist, American, 1900 - 1973

The image displays the backrest of a chair adorned with intricate floral and fruit patterns. The design consists of shades of green, yellow, orange, and gold tones. The chair back features a top rail with clusters of green and orange floral motifs and fruit, followed below by a horizontal panel with a similar pattern, bridging the two vertical supports. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.5 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 14"wide; 17"high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.4565

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 209, pl. 800.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Lawrence / Flynn / 1-38

Wikidata ID

Q64592712

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