Toleware Tea Caddy

1935/1942

Janet Riza

Associated Names
Janet Riza

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a cylindrical container with a lid decorated with a pattern of organic shapes in red, yellow, and brown tones. The color palette includes warm reds, yellows, browns, and dark outlines. The container is centered in the image with a perspective that displays its side and top surface to the right. Line drawings and measurements of the container appear above and to the left, offering a technical view of the object.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.1 x 22.7 cm (11 1/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 3 3/8" wide; 5 1/4" high; 2 5/8" deep

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15157

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 429, no. 1534.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Janet Riza

Wikidata ID

Q64580933

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