Shaker School Desk
Ray Holden
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.5 x 26.2 cm (14 x 10 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 29" high; 16" deep; 21" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.13633
About the Artist
Ray Holden
Ray Holden is an artist whose name appears attached to a meaningful body of work in museum collections, suggesting a career of genuine commitment and output even though detailed biographical information — dates of birth and death, nationality, training — has not been established in the sources currently available. The works themselves remain the most reliable record of Holden's artistic engagement...