Sofa
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and heightening on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 22.8 x 30 cm (9 x 11 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6'8"long; 3'1 1/2"high at back.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.5498
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...