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The image displays a single large, transparent bottle. The color palette includes muted earth tones, with the bottle in shades of olive green or brown against a plain beige background. The bottle is centrally positioned and slightly offset to the lower middle part of the image, leaving a balanced margin of space around it.
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The image displays a single large, transparent bottle. The color palette includes muted earth tones, with the bottle in shades of olive green or brown against a plain beige background. The bottle is centrally positioned and slightly offset to the lower middle part of the image, leaving a balanced margin of space around it.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bottle

Nicholas Amantea

Date
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28.1 x 22.8 cm (11 1/16 x 9 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.17346
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
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lower right in graphite: N. Amantea

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