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Knife Box

Vincent P. Rosel and Gordon Saltar

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a wooden cylindrical box with one half open and the other half closed. The box is made of wood with visible wood grain patterns, decorative bands, and spherical accents. The color palette is earthy tones of light to dark browns. In the bottom left corner, there is a schematic drawing of the box with measurements. The box is set against an off-white background with the hinge aligned vertically in the middle of the image.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper
Dimensions
4511 × 3460 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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