Parlor in Pullman Coach
Perkins Harnly
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 56.6 × 44.5 cm (22 5/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.7640
About the Artist
Perkins Harnly · 1901–1986
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...