Perfume Bottle
Erwin Schwabe
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: Rendered exact size.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.7487
About the Artist
Erwin Schwabe
Erwin Schwabe remains one of the lesser-documented figures in the history of art, and the details of his training, birthplace, and lifespan have not been firmly established in the scholarly record. What survives of his work suggests a practiced hand engaged with the graphic and printmaking traditions of his era, though the precise school or master under whom he may have studied is not currently kn...