Drawing of Chair
1935/1942
Medium
graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 1.9 x 28.1 cm (3/4 x 11 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 3'1 1/2"high, 1'2 3/4" wide, 1'9 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
1943.8.4081
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Nicholas Gorid · 1855–present
Nicholas Gorid (b. 1896) was an American artist best known for his meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project initiative launched in the 1930s to document the nation's rich heritage of decorative arts and folk objects. Active primarily from the mid-1930s through the early 1950s, Gorid produced highly detailed renderings of an...