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The image features a bonnet with a dark blue side and a pink quilted side, accompanied by long pink ribbons. The color palette consists primarily of deep blue and pink, with subtle hints of red in the ribbon and darker shading on the blue fabric. The bonnet is centrally positioned in the image, slightly to the left; two smaller sketched outlines of bonnets are located to the right and lower right on the page. The background is a plain, off-white color.
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The image features a bonnet with a dark blue side and a pink quilted side, accompanied by long pink ribbons. The color palette consists primarily of deep blue and pink, with subtle hints of red in the ribbon and darker shading on the blue fabric. The bonnet is centrally positioned in the image, slightly to the left; two smaller sketched outlines of bonnets are located to the right and lower right on the page. The background is a plain, off-white color.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bonnet

Dorothy Gernon

Date
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 29.3 x 22.7 cm (11 9/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 10 year size
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.2580
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American

NGA object ID 14789. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.