Toleware Box

c. 1940

Charles Henning

Associated Names
Charles Henning

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image displays a large, painted wooden chest with a handle on top and a clasp in the center. The chest is predominantly red with floral designs in green, yellow, and white. It is positioned in the center but slightly tilted to the right, showing the front and part of the right side. The background is a neutral off-white color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 33.1 x 41.8 cm (13 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 9 3/8" wide; 5 5/8" deep

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15209

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 426, no. 1508 and p. 429, no. 1533

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: C. Henning

Wikidata ID

Q64538675

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