Jar with Cover
c. 1938
Alvin Shiren
Artist, American, active c. 1935
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Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 27.9 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
Original IAD Object: 12 3/4" high; 10" wide -
Accession
1943.8.17261
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
1970
Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 361, no. 1280.
Inscriptions
verso: across top in graphite: Jar with cover / early 19th century - red earthenware - / slip decoration of horozontal stripes / 12 3/4" x 10" / Owned by / Metropolitan . Museum of Art, / N.Y.C.
Wikidata ID
Q64534704