Chalkware Roosters

c. 1937

Mina Lowry

Associated Names
Mina Lowry

Artist, American, born Canada, 1894 - 1942

The image shows a ceramic sculpture of two stylized birds on a rectangular base. The birds are primarily white with rainbow-colored wings in green, orange, red, and brown hues. The base is a reddish-brown color, with the birds facing each other, wings slightly spread out. The artwork is placed against a plain, cream-colored backdrop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.7 x 28.7 cm (8 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.3535

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 379, no. 1345.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MINA LOWERY

Wikidata ID

Q64617672

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