Mission Church Doors and Doorway

1940

Dayton Brown and Harry Mann Waddell

Associated Names
Dayton Brown

Artist, American, c. 1895 - 1971

Harry Mann Waddell

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden door with vertical wave patterns on the left side and a more traditional paneled wooden door on the right. A stone arch with a painted column is in between the doors. The color palette includes natural wood tones, muted pinks, and blues within the stone arch. The arched stone frame is behind and partly between the two door panels, with the left door slightly open and the right door also open. Hardware such as hinges and knobs is visible on both doors.

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.4 x 26.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 10'4 5/8" high x 33"wide x 4"thick

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.6566


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Dayton Brown / HARRY M. WADDELL

Wikidata ID

Q64541019

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