Hanging Shelf

Art Historical Context

Rolland Livingstone's *Hanging Shelf* (0) is a meticulous rendering from the Index of American Design, a WPA Federal Art Project (1935–1942) that employed artists during the Great Depression to document folk and decorative arts. Created in watercolor, colored pencil, and on paperboard (51 x 28 cm), this work captures the elegant simplicity of a real hanging shelf—originally 23¼ inches high, 17¼ inches wide, and 8¾ inches deep—highlighting everyday craftsmanship likely from early American households. Livingstone's technique blends the precision of graphite outlines with the vibrant layering of...

About the Artist

Rolland Livingstone

Rolland Livingstone is an artist for whom reliable biographical documentation is currently limited. No firm dates of birth or death have been established, and his nationality and training background remain uncertain in the scholarly record. The works attributed to him indicate an active career, but the details necessary to place him within a specific artistic tradition or historical moment have no...