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Handmade Grater

Joseph Glover

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a furniture piece, possibly a chair back. It shows a vertically elongated rectangular wooden board with a rounded top and a perforated cushion attached to it. The cushion has multiple small round holes evenly distributed across its surface. The wooden board has decorative elements at the rounded top and bottom, possibly handles or embellishments. The drawing is labeled as a preliminary sketch and attributed to "J. Glover" from Westchester County. Notes on the page mention its purpose as a preliminary version, along with scale and dimensions specifications.

Artwork Details

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
3508 × 4485 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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