Porringer
Eugene Barrell
c. 1939
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 28.6 x 21.7 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 1 3/4" high; 4 7/8" in diameter
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.17611
About the Artist
Eugene Barrell
Eugene Barrell is an artist about whom the available historical record is sparse. No birth or death dates have been confirmed, and his nationality and artistic training are not established in the sources currently accessible to researchers. The forty-six works attributed to Barrell in museum collections indicate a sustained creative practice. His output suggests an artist who worked with regulari...