Toleware Mug
Samuel O. Klein
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
About the Artist
Samuel O. Klein
Samuel O. Klein is an artist whose biographical details remain largely unrecorded in standard art-historical references, his dates and nationality currently undocumented.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...