Cupboard for Corner c. 1940

Edward Jewett created this artwork titled "Cupboard for Corner" using graphite and watercolor on paper. The composition presents various components of a cupboard, neatly arranged against a muted background. Each element—drawer, handle, knob—is rendered with precision. The choice of watercolor gives a soft, almost ethereal quality to the otherwise utilitarian subject matter. The arrangement eschews traditional perspective, instead opting for a flattened, schematic view. This invites us to consider each part in isolation, like a deconstructed object awaiting reassembly. Jewett seems less interested in the cupboard as a functional whole and more in its constituent forms. Consider the drawer. Its gently curving lower edge is subtly sensual, a formal counterpoint to the hard angles we might expect. This subversion of expectation, this playful tension between form and function, elevates the work beyond mere documentation. It becomes a study in the aesthetics of the everyday, a quiet commentary on the beauty inherent in functional design.