Knife Box

c. 1940

LeRoy Griffith

Associated Names
LeRoy Griffith

Artist, American, 1915 - 1958

The image shows a rectangular wooden toolbox with a central handle. The color palette consists of various shades of brown. The toolbox is positioned diagonally across the image, and the box appears slightly tilted to reveal the interior and some rivets on the front side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.8 x 33.8 cm (9 3/8 x 13 5/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 3 1/2" high; 14" long; 9 1/2" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8858

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 486, no. 1747.

Inscriptions

lower right in ink: Leroy Griffith

Wikidata ID

Q64592991

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