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c. 1940

Nicholas Amantea

Associated Names
Nicholas Amantea

Artist, American, 1900 - 1978

The image shows a whisk with a wooden handle and a star-shaped wire whisk at the top. The color palette includes brown for the wooden handle and a dark metallic hue for the whisk wire. The whisk is positioned vertically in the center of the image, with the handle at the bottom and the wire whisk at the top against a light neutral background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 47.8 x 30.3 cm (18 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 19" long; 5" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.16601

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 29.

Bibliography

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003: no. 29.

Wikidata ID

Q64618326

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