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The image features a bowl with a wide brim that narrows towards the base. The bowl is adorned with green stripes at the top and bottom, and has a blue band around its middle containing abstract, tree-like designs in white and dark brown. The color palette includes white, green, blue, dark brown, and gray. The bowl is positioned centrally in the image, with no other objects visible.
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The image features a bowl with a wide brim that narrows towards the base. The bowl is adorned with green stripes at the top and bottom, and has a blue band around its middle containing abstract, tree-like designs in white and dark brown. The color palette includes white, green, blue, dark brown, and gray. The bowl is positioned centrally in the image, with no other objects visible.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bowl

Edward White

Date
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 22.8 x 27.8 cm (9 x 10 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 3/8" Wide 3 3/8" Deep
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.7324
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Pennsylvania German
Inscription

lower right in watercolor: White

NGA object ID 19522. 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.