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Flask

c. 1940

Beverly Chichester

Associated Names

Beverly Chichester

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a glass bottle with a bulbous body and a long, narrow neck. The bottle has a diamond pattern etched into its surface. The color palette is warm browns, giving the bottle an amber hue. The bottle is centrally located on an off-white background, with the signature of the artist, likely reading "George Morlop," visible below and to the right of the object.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 36 x 26.4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.16903

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 121, pl. 349.

Inscriptions

center right in graphite: Beverly / Chichester

Wikidata ID

Q64537645

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