Carl Holty

Woman in Chair
1936

A framed artwork depicting a stylized female figure seated with one arm resting on her knee and the other supporting her head, set against a background of geometric and organic shapes, with a warm color palette, mounted on an orange textured background.
A framed artwork depicting a stylized female figure seated with one arm resting on her knee and the other supporting her head, set against a background of geometric and organic shapes, with a warm color palette, mounted on an orange textured background.

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Date
1936

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper mounted to board

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 5/16in. (41.9 × 31.3 cm) Image: 10 3/16 × 6 1/2in. (25.9 × 16.5 cm) Mount (board): 16 1/2 × 12 5/16 × 1/2in. (41.9 × 31.3 × 1.3 cm)

Accession number
79.66.4

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Weiss

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/2045

Carl Holty
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