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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.

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.

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Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).

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