Stoneware Pitcher

c. 1939

Richard Barnett

Associated Names
Richard Barnett

Artist, American, 1918 - 1986

The image shows a ceramic jug with a single handle and a curved body. It has the year "1862" etched on its upper section and a decorative corn stalk pattern below. The jug is mostly light gray with hints of brown around the mouth. The background is plain beige.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.1 x 38.6 cm (19 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: Pitcher rendered exact size (App. 11 1/2" high)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.7025

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 85, no. 163.

Inscriptions

lower right in ink: Richard / Barnett and lower left in watercolor: Richard / Barnett

Wikidata ID

Q64620446

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