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Field Water Keg

c. 1940

John Price

Associated Names

John Price

Artist, American, active c. 1935

There is a wooden barrel with two metal handles attached on top and steel bands around its body. The barrel is situated horizontally with the spigot pointed towards the right side of the image. The color palette is mainly natural wood browns and metallic grey of the steel bands with dark accents on the handles.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 24.2 x 35.5 cm (9 1/2 x 14 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.11960

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 487, no. 1771.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: John J. Rice N.Y.A. DEL

Wikidata ID

Q64583841

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