Restoration Drawing Wall Painting and Door, Facade Mission House

1937

Geoffrey Holt and Harry Mann Waddell

Associated Names
Geoffrey Holt

Artist, American, active c. 1935

Harry Mann Waddell

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a painting of an ornately adorned brown wooden door set in a lightly-painted wall. The door has a rustic appearance with vertical panels and is framed by curved stonework with a reddish tint. Above the door, there is a decorative motif painted directly on the wall, composed of abstract shapes in red, orange, and blue colors, forming a symmetrical design. The floor beneath the door reveals reddish-brown tiles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.5 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.)
    Original IAD Object: Door: 6' x 3'6"

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.5936

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Geoffrey Holt. / and / HARRY MANN WADDELL

Wikidata ID

Q64571149

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