Silver Teapot
Aaron Fastovsky
c. 1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 21.8 x 28.7 cm (8 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 3/8" high; 2 3/4" wide at base
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.14057
About the Artist
Aaron Fastovsky
Aaron Fastovsky is an artist whose biographical record is not well preserved. No birth or death dates have been confirmed, and his nationality and artistic background remain unestablished in available sources, leaving the circumstances of his training and career largely unknown. Fastovsky's surviving works in museum collections — numbering close to fifty — suggest a dedicated practice. The scale ...