Toleware Tin Box

c. 1938

Frank Gray

Associated Names
Frank Gray

Artist, American, 1889 - 1962

The image shows a large rectangular chest with a rounded, domed lid. The chest is primarily dark with red and yellow designs near the top and edges. The color scheme is black with touches of red and yellow. The chest is centered slightly to the left on a light-colored surface against a plain background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38 x 31 cm (14 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 5 3/8" high; 8 7/8" long; 4 1/8" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15319

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 428, no. 1515.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: FRANK H. GRAY.

Wikidata ID

Q64569979

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