Mortars and Pestles

c. 1937

Elizabeth Moutal

Associated Names
Elizabeth Moutal

Artist, American, 1909 - 2000

The image shows four wooden mortars and pestles, each distinct in design and color. The color palette includes red, dark brown, light brown, and green tones with hints of natural wood. Arranged sequentially, the first mortar is red with a darker wooden pestle, the second is dark brown with a matching pestle, the third is light brown with a corresponding pestle, and the last is green with a matching pestle. The objects are placed in a line against a neutral background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with white heightening over graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31.4 x 54.8 cm (12 3/8 x 21 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.16712

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 27, as Mortars and Pestles.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 477, no. 1680 - 1683.

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003: no. 27.

Wikidata ID

Q64558810

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