Chest with Drawers

c. 1937

Isidore Sovensky

Associated Names
Isidore Sovensky

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden chest of drawers with three large drawers. The drawers are decorated with intricate floral and bird patterns in earthy tones and brass keyholes. The chest is positioned centrally on a light background, with its front facing the viewer.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard.

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.6 x 23.2 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 32 3/4"high; 38"wide; 18"diam.

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.4678

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 266, pl. 917.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: I. SOVENSKY

Wikidata ID

Q64578839

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