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The image displays an amber-colored glass bottle shaped like a fish, standing upright with the bottle neck as the fish's mouth. The color palette is warm with shades of yellow and brown. The fish bottle is centered on a plain, off-white background, highlighting its intricate details such as the scales and fins.
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The image displays an amber-colored glass bottle shaped like a fish, standing upright with the bottle neck as the fish's mouth. The color palette is warm with shades of yellow and brown. The fish bottle is centered on a plain, off-white background, highlighting its intricate details such as the scales and fins.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

"Fish Bitters" Bottle

Loraine Makimson

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 46 x 35.8 cm (18 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.10648
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Glassboro
Inscription

lower right in colored pencil: L.S. MAKIMSON / K.C. MISSOURI

NGA object ID 22743. 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.