Toleware Sugar Bowl

c. 1940

Sara Garfinkel

Associated Names
Sara Garfinkel

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a small, round tin container with a lid, decorated with a floral design. The color palette is rusty red, muted yellow, and black. The tin is placed in the center, slightly tilted with the base on the surface and the lid to the right. It is set against a plain, beige background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.1 x 22.9 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 3 3/4" high; 4 3/16" in diameter

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15197

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 423, no. 1496.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: S. Garfinkel

Wikidata ID

Q64630529

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