Potpourri Jar
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 36 x 27.2 cm (14 3/16 x 10 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" High 2 3/4" Wide 2 1/2" Deep
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.7484
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Frank M. Keane · 1876–1941
Frank M. Keane was born on June 6, 1866, in San Francisco, California, where he received his artistic training at the School of Design. A longtime resident of the city at the turn of the century, he developed a versatile practice that included illustration work, such as designing bookmarks in an Arts and Crafts style for the prominent San Francisco publisher Paul Elder around 1905. His early outpu...