The image displays a bellows. The bellows has an oval shape with two wide openings at the top and a narrow nozzle at the bottom. The central part features an ornate design and is surrounded by warm colors such as browns, golds, and red. The bellows is centrally positioned on a plain background, with the metal nozzle directed downward and the red tassels at the top slightly tilting to the left.
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Painted Bellows

John Koehl (American, active c. 1935)

c. 1940

Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Classification
Index of American Design
Dimensions
overall: 52 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.) ; Original IAD Object: 14 1/2" long; 5" wide
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Index of American Design
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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