Restoration Drawing: Wall Decoration Over Doorway, Facade of Mission-House

c. 1937

Geoffrey Holt

Associated Names
Geoffrey Holt

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a painting of a wooden door with decorative elements. The artwork shows a wooden door with vertical panels in brown and red tones, set within a stone or plaster archway with red details. Above the arch, two orange deer are depicted facing opposite directions, each with an arrow. The ground in front of the door is tiled in terracotta. The painting is signed "Geoffrey Holt" in the bottom right corner. It is done in a style resembling architectural illustration or decorative design, reminiscent of folk or rustic art motifs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.7 x 24.5 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: Door approx: 6'3" x 3'3"

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.5941

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 35, no. 63.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Geoffrey Holt.

Wikidata ID

Q64571089

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