Milk Bucket

1939

Jacob Gielens

Associated Names
Jacob Gielens

Artist, American, born Germany, 1870 - 1946

The image shows a wooden bucket with a handle. The bucket is the largest object visible, with aged wood and metal bands securing it. It is positioned centrally in the image, with the handle arching upwards towards the top of the frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.5 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 14 3/4" high; top: 7 1/2" in diameter; bottom: 8 1/2" in diameter

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9011

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Joe Gielens 1939; verso: center in graphite: Milk Bucket of early colonial time / made of wood with three iron bands / (one missing) hickory handle, pine staves /Height - 14 3/4" including handle / Diam - 8 1/2" on bottom of bucket / Diam - 7 1/8 on top of bucket

Wikidata ID

Q64579357

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