Study for "Just a House"
1933
Medium
Graphic Arts
Classification
Graphic Arts
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Suzanne and Maurice Vanderwoude, Manhattan Art Investments, LP
Accession Number
2006.30.2
Art Historical Context
**Study for "Just a" by George Ault (1933)** George Ault's *Study for "Just a"* is a preparatory drawing 1933, created as a graphic arts work in pencil or ink on paper. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this previews Ault's oil painting of the same title, capturing a solitary rural house amid stark, isolated surroundings. Ault, an American artist active in the early 20th century, known for his Precisionist style—characterized by clean lines, geometric forms, and an eerie, almost magical realism that evoked the quiet desolation of the American landscape. Created during the Great ...