Pottery Jug

c. 1938

Bisby Finley

Artist, American, born 1913

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.5 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 6 1/8 High 3 5/8 Dia(base) 4 3/8 Dia(waist) 1 3/8 Mouth

  • Accession

    1943.8.6064

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 358, no. 1248.

1971

  • Guilland, Harold F., Early American Folk Pottery, New York: 1971, p. 253.

Inscriptions

lower center in watercolor: Detail of Base / California Mo. / BISBY FINLEY

Wikidata ID

Q64537668

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