Painted Wooden Chest or Casket

c. 1939

Roy Moon

Associated Names
Roy Moon

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image displays an open decorative chest with intricate floral designs on the exterior, featuring dark blue with bright red, pink, yellow, green, and blue accents. The chest is shown with the lid open, revealing a cream-colored interior with a floral design on the inside of the lid and an inner compartment on the right side. The chest is positioned fully open and centered in the image on a plain background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.8 x 28.9 cm (14 1/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: none given

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.4627

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 712, no. 2605.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: ROY MOON

Wikidata ID

Q64629980

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