Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020

Period Frame

Artist House of Heydenryk (American, founded 1845)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1930-1940

MediumWormy chestnut wood with polychrome finish

Dimensions32 1/4 × 28 1/4 × 3 in. (81.9 × 71.8 × 7.6 cm)
Other (Molding width): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object numberF2016.8

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 222

DescriptionThis is an American hand-carved frame made of wormy chestnut wood with a border of large flutes, angled to form centers, with a notch-carved sight edge and a polychrome (gray wash) finish. The sight edge is 24 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches. The width of the molding is 3 3/4 inches, and the depth is 2 1/4 inches. It has no marks or inscriptions, and it has been resized to fit the Beauford Delaney painting.
ProvenancePurchased from Gill and Lagodich Gallery, New York, by Chrysler Museum of Art, February 2016.