Butter Churn

c. 1939

Paul Ward

Associated Names
Paul Ward

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows an illustration of an old-fashioned mechanical device. It includes a round wooden grinder or press with a hand crank at the top, supported by four vertical wooden posts. The device is on a circular wooden base with a section revealing a transparent, cylindrical chamber with wooden machinery elements inside. The color palette consists of brown for the wood and a light blue tint for the transparent section. The device is centrally positioned, with its mechanical components and hand crank clearly visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 48.2 x 34.7 cm (19 x 13 11/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 20 1/2" high; 11 1/2" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9428

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 491, no. 1786.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: P. Ward

Wikidata ID

Q64619169

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