Zoar Four-Post Bed
Fritz Boehmer
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 55.8 x 45.3 cm (21 15/16 x 17 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 54" wide; 68" long; 81 1/2" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.3851
About the Artist
Fritz Boehmer
Fritz Boehmer (1875–1942) was a Czech-born American painter whose career bridged personal portraiture and public documentation of folk art traditions. Little is known about his early life or formal training, which remains sparsely documented; however, by 1895, he was producing intimate portraits, such as *Gertrud Boehmer* at the Toledo Museum of Art, suggesting skill in miniature and figure work h...