Stoneware Bowl, Mottled Blue and White Glaze
Chris Makrenos
c. 1941
Medium
watercolor and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 28.7 × 35.4 cm (11 5/16 × 13 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 1/2" Deep 8 1/16" Dia(top)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.7027
About the Artist
Chris Makrenos
Chris Makrenos was an American artist active in the mid-twentieth century who contributed a substantial body of work to the Index of American Design, the New Deal-era federal project that documented American folk art and decorative culture through meticulous watercolor illustration. His works are held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and span a wide range of subjects drawn from ...