Studio Interior

George Ault, Studio Interior, 1938, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from General Services Administration, 1971.447.4
Copied 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
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
Mediums Description
watercolor and pencil on paper
Classifications
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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