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Mortar and Pestle

c. 1940

Hester Duany

Associated Names

Hester Duany

Artist, American, 1891 - 1964

The image shows a wooden mortar and pestle. The mortar is upright and the pestle is lying diagonally in the foreground. The color palette consists of earthy wood tones, primarily various shades of brown with wood grain patterns. The mortar is centered in the frame, while the pestle is positioned in front of it, angled from the bottom left towards the center.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 29.1 x 36 cm (11 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Original IAD Object: 6 1/8" high; 5 13/16" in diameter
Accession Number

1943.8.12694

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 715, no. 2614.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Hester Duany

Wikidata ID

Q64574264

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