Mortar and Pestle

c. 1940

Isidore Steinberg

Associated Names
Isidore Steinberg

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a brown mortar with a clear glass pestle inside it. The color palette features earthy tones with a warm brown for the mortar and a translucent, bluish tone for the pestle. The objects are centrally positioned within the image, with the mortar in the lower and central part, and the pestle leaning diagonally across the mortar from left to right.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.9 x 22.6 cm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.16525

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 98, no. 198.

Wikidata ID

Q64578927

You may be interested in

Loading Results