Clock

c. 1938

Rex F. Bush

Associated Names
Rex F. Bush

Artist, American, c. 1915 - 2002

The image depicts a decorative wall clock with a wooden frame featuring intricate patterns, a basket of fruits and nuts at the top, a clock face with black numerals and gold accents, and a painted panel below showing a house and trees. The color palette includes warm browns, blues, golds, greens, reds, and whites. The clock face is centered, with the painted panel below it, all within a rectangular frame highlighted by side columns and a detailed top design. The signature "Rex Bush" is in the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.9 x 38 cm (20 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 26 1/2" high; 17 3/8"wide; 4 3/4"deep

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.4727

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 303, pl. 1011.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Rex Bush

Wikidata ID

Q64620367

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