Combination Desk and Bookcase
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 36.2 x 38.5 cm (14 1/4 x 15 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 8'10"high, 4'8 1/2"wide, 2' 1/2" deep.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.4103
About the Artist
Ray Price
Ray Price was an American artist active around 1935, renowned for his meticulous watercolor renderings of everyday American objects and crafts. His oeuvre, comprising 88 works held in the National Gallery of Art collection, captures the functional beauty of vernacular items from the late 1930s through the late 1940s. Little is known about Price's early life or formal training, as biographical deta...