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c. 1936

John Tarantino

Associated Names

John Tarantino

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a large, shallow, translucent glass bowl as the central object. The color palette mainly consists of cool, muted greens and blues. The bowl is positioned centrally on a plain background, slightly shifted to the right, with a scale along the bottom left corner and a signature by the artist John Tarentino in the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 22.8 x 29.7 cm (9 x 11 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.10644

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: JOHN Tarantino.

Wikidata ID

Q64584294

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