Butter Molds

1939

Harvey Beck

Associated Names
Harvey Beck

Artist, American, 1895 - 1966

The image shows a wooden box with dovetail joints next to a wooden rectangle with a handle and an engraved floral design. The color palette is various shades of brown. The box is open with its top slightly facing towards the viewer, while the decorative piece is placed diagonally in front of the box with the handle pointing to the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.7 x 35.7 cm (10 1/2 x 14 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: box: 4 3/4" long; 2 1/2" wide; 3 1/8" deep; print block: 7/8" thick; 3 1/2" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9033

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 513, no. 1888.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: H. Beck / 1939

Wikidata ID

Q64573347

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