Bench
c. 1953
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 23.1 x 29.9 cm (9 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 17 1/2" high; 33 1/2" long; 14" deep
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.7875
About the Artist
Elizabeth Curtis
Elizabeth Curtis (1873–1946) was an American artist born on April 21, 1873, in New York City, the youngest of seven children in a prominent family. Her father, William Edmund Curtis, served as Chief Justice of the Superior Court of New York State, while her mother, Mary Ann Scovill Curtis, hailed from the family behind the Scovill Manufacturing Company in Waterbury, Connecticut. Curtis received he...