Oil Can with Spout
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 24.4 x 32.2 cm (9 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 1/2" high; 6 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.9124
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Earl Butlin · 1855–present
Earl Butlin was an American artist active around 1935, best known for his contributions to the Index of American Design, a New Deal-era Federal Art Project initiative that employed hundreds of artists to create a comprehensive pictorial survey of American crafts, folk art, and decorative objects from the colonial period through 1900. His early life is not well documented, with no records of formal...