Dinner Plate

c. 1940

Edith Olney

Associated Names
Edith Olney

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This drawing shows a circular plate or bowl seen from above. The design on the plate displays concentric circles filled with intricate repeated patterns, lines, and dots. At the center is a circular pattern resembling a blooming flower with radiating petals, surrounded by layers of geometrical patterns and abstract shapes. The color of the plate is the same off-white as the paper around it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and pen and ink on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 37.5 x 31.1 cm (14 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 10 1/4"

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8023

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Edith Olney

Wikidata ID

Q64556605

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