Churn

1935/1942

Lelah Nelson

Associated Names
Lelah Nelson

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a large, upright wooden butter churn with iron bands and a long wooden handle protruding from the top. The color palette includes muted browns and grays, reflecting the wood grain and the patina of metal bands. The butter churn stands vertically in the middle of the frame, with the handle extending upward.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 45.9 x 29.8 cm (18 1/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.16590

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 486, no. 1737.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Loelah Nelson

Wikidata ID

Q64592882

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