Studio Interior

George Ault, Studio Interior, 1938, watercolor and pencil on paper, sheet: 20 x 23 ¹⁄₂ in. (50.7 x 59.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from General Services Administration, 1971.447.4

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Artwork Details

Title: Studio Interior
Artist: George Ault
Date: 1938
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet: 20 x 23 ¹⁄₂ in. (50.7 x 59.8 cm)
Credit Line: Transfer from General Services Administration
Mediums: watercolor
pencil
Mediums Description: watercolor and pencil on paper
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Architecture Interior — detail — stairs
Object — art tool — easel
Object — furniture — stove
Architecture Interior — studio
New Deal — Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
Object Number: 1971.447.4
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1971.447.4

Artwork Description

Each day before starting to paint, Ault made his studio as neat as possible. Only after everything was in place did he sit down at the easel. In this watercolor made soon after he moved to Woodstock, New York, Ault made order twice: once in the actual studio, and again in the painting recording it.

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