Coffeepot

1940

Wayne White

Associated Names
Wayne White

Artist, American, 1890 - 1978

The image shows a vintage-style metal coffee pot with a slender, curved spout and a handle on opposite sides, decorated with ornamental floral patterns. The color palette includes earthy tones of brown, with decorative motifs in yellow, red, and green. Positioned against a plain, light-colored background, the coffee pot stands upright, centrally framed.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.8 x 39.2 cm (20 x 15 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.16908

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. 26, as Painted Tin Coffee Pot.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 429, no. 1523.

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. 26.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: WAYNE WHITE

Wikidata ID

Q64634699

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