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Cast Iron Bell

Cast Iron Bell by Aurelia Arbo

Medium

pen and ink on paper

Dimensions

overall: 29.3 x 22.1 cm (11 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 10 1/4" high; 16 1/4" 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

1943.8.8679

Rights

Public Domain

About the Artist

Aurelia Arbo · 19091993

Aurelia Josephine Coralie Arbo (1909–1993) was an American artist and educator renowned for her contributions to the Newcomb Pottery tradition, a cornerstone of the Arts and Crafts movement in early 20th-century Louisiana. Born on November 29, 1909, in New Orleans to piano tuner Henry Arthur Arbo and Henrietta Caroline Geier, she was one of nine children in a large family that nurtured her artisti...

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