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Box Desk

Arthur Johnson

National Gallery of Art

A wooden cabinet with four slender legs and a boxy top section. The lower drawer has two circular knobs in rich, dark wood tones complemented by warm brown hues. The cabinet is positioned prominently in the center with the corners of its top and bottom sections slightly overlapping. In the upper right corner, there is a smaller monochrome sketch of the same cabinet.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
4312 × 3298 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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