Sofa
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 21.7 x 30.1 cm (8 9/16 x 11 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 49 1/2"wide, bottom; 66"wide, top, 28"high overall
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.5517
About the Artist
Wellington Blewett
**Wellington Blewett (1875–1962)** was a Canadian-born American artist renowned for his meticulous watercolor renderings of everyday American folk objects. Active primarily in the late 1930s, Blewett contributed significantly to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that sought to document the nation's vernacular artistic heritage through...