Maple Sugar Bucket
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 41.2 x 31 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: bottom: 9 1/4" in diameter; top: 8 5/8" in diameter; staves: 3/8" thick.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16596
Rights
Public Domain
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 ...