Potato Grinder

c. 1940

Doris Hollingsworth

Associated Names
Doris Hollingsworth

Artist, American, 1917 - 2011

The image shows two large wooden objects on a flat wooden surface. One resembles a hollow cylinder with a larger opening at the top, while the other is a ribbed cylindrical object with a crank handle. The color palette is primarily shades of brown and beige. The hollow cylindrical object is on the left, with its opening facing slightly towards the viewer, while the ribbed cylindrical object is on the right, with the crank handle oriented towards the bottom right corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.9 x 55.9 cm (16 1/8 x 22 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.11546

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 491, no. 1785.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Doris Hollingsworth

Wikidata ID

Q64541267

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