Crock

c. 1941

Isadore Goldberg and John Tarantino

Associated Names
Isadore Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1904

John Tarantino

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a photograph of a ceramic jar. The image shows a large, rounded ceramic jar with two small handles on each side near the top. The jar is primarily light grey with decorative designs painted in cobalt blue. The main feature is a stylized bird with intricate patterns on its wings and tail, along with floral motifs. The jar has a wide mouth revealing a reddish-brown interior. There is a manufacturer's mark or inscription above the bird. The image is set against a plain, light background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil, on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 45.8 x 36.6 cm (18 1/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 12" High 11 7/8" Dia(top) 8" Dia(base)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.7419

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 20, as Soneware Jar.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 353, no. 1228.

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003: no. 20.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: Isidore Goldberg / and / John Tarantino

Wikidata ID

Q64578825

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