Toleware Mug
1941
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 29.3 x 24.7 cm (11 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" high; 3 5/8" 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
1943.8.15212
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Samuel O. Klein · 1906–1991
Samuel O. Klein is an artist whose biographical details remain largely unrecorded in standard art-historical references, his dates and nationality currently undocumented. Nevertheless, the presence of his work across museum collections attests to a productive career and a level of recognition that earned him a place in the institutional record, however incomplete the accompanying documentation may...