None Given 1935 - 1942

This small watercolor painting depicts a chair, and the anonymous artist has rendered it with such care. I can only imagine their intent gaze following each curve, swirl, and spindle. The painting is so gentle, so methodical. Each line seems placed with purpose, mapping out the chair’s form with tender precision. I wonder what the artist was thinking as they painted? Maybe they were imagining sitting in the chair, perhaps they were thinking about its history, the hands that crafted it, the stories it could tell? The artist's treatment of the wood grain is fascinating. It’s as if they’re not just representing a chair, but honoring the very material it's made from. The painting reminds me of Agnes Martin's quiet meditations or Giorgio Morandi's still lifes of bottles – a humble subject turned into something profound through the act of seeing and painting.