Bedroom, 1882

Bedroom, 1882 by Perkins Harnly

Medium

watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper

Dimensions

overall: 44.5 x 58.6 cm (17 1/2 x 23 1/16 in.)

Classification

Index of American Design

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Index of American Design

Accession Number

1943.8.16843

About the Artist

Perkins Harnly · 19011986

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...

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