1886
Perkins Harnly
ca. 1940
Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
22 3/16 x 18 1/2 inches (56.4 x 47 cm.)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of New York City W. P. A., 1943
Accession Number
43.47.22
Tags
Buildings
About the Artist
Perkins Harnly · 1901–1986
Perkins Harnly was born on October 14, 1901, on a cattle ranch in the rugged plains of Ogallala, Nebraska—the same year Queen Victoria died, an irony that foreshadowed his lifelong obsession with Victorian opulence. Leaving behind the stark Midwest, he ventured to Los Angeles in 1922, spending six years there before settling in New York City in 1928. There, Harnly studied at the School of Interior...