ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
The image shows a brown wooden stand with an elongated oval opening on one end and two splayed feet on the other. The color palette consists of different shades of brown for the object, set against a plain, light beige background. The object is positioned slightly off-center to the right and is angled from a top-down perspective, making the left side with the oval opening appear elevated.
Read the visual description

The image shows a brown wooden stand with an elongated oval opening on one end and two splayed feet on the other. The color palette consists of different shades of brown for the object, set against a plain, light beige background. The object is positioned slightly off-center to the right and is angled from a top-down perspective, making the left side with the oval opening appear elevated.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bootjack

Walter G. Capuozzo

Date
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 22.7 x 35.5 cm (8 15/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 24" long; 9" wide
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.2028
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

lower right in watercolor: Walter G. Capuozzo.

NGA object ID 14237. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.