Woman Churning

c. 1936

Mina Lowry

Associated Names
Mina Lowry

Artist, American, born Canada, 1894 - 1942

The sculpture features two figures churning butter. Both figures wear conical hats and long dresses. The figure on the left wears a yellow dress with a green shawl, and the figure on the right wears a primarily dark green dress. Crafted from painted wood, the figures have simplified features and hold a butter churn dasher. They lean towards a central cylindrical butter churn on a flat, rectangular wooden base. The sculpture has a quaint, handmade appearance with visible painted details suggesting fabric folds and hat decorations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 17.9 x 17 cm (7 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" high; 4" long

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.16655

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 630, no. 2269.

Wikidata ID

Q64617879

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