
Oval Water Cask
American 20th Century · American
1935/1942
- Medium
- watercolor and graphite on paperboard
- Classification
- Index of American Design
- Period
- 1926 to 1950
- Image size
- 3148 × 3867px
Description
The image shows a large oval water cask made of small cypress staves and wrought iron hoops. The color palette includes shades of gray and brown, with the wood in gray and the iron hoops in a darker brown. Positioned centrally on the page, the cask occupies most of the image, with text describing its historical use to the right. A top view of the cask is shown slightly below the main depiction, and there is a red handwritten note in the bottom right corner.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).