Maple Sugar Bucket
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 41.2 x 31 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: bottom: 9 1/4" in diameter; top: 8 5/8" in diameter; staves: 3/8" thick.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16596
About the Artist
Chris Makrenos
Chris Makrenos was an American artist active in the mid-twentieth century who contributed a substantial body of work to the Index of American Design, the New Deal-era federal project that documented American folk art and decorative culture through meticulous watercolor illustration. His works are held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and span a wide range of subjects drawn from ...