The image shows a circular, brown ceramic plate with a design of a bird standing on a line in the center. Text wraps around the outer rim of the plate. The color palette includes browns and earth tones against a light background. A signature is visible below and to the right of the plate.
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Pa. German Plate

Eugene Shellady (American, active c. 1935)

1937

Medium
oil paint on paperboard
Classification
Index of American Design
Dimensions
overall: 48.5 x 38.3 cm (19 1/8 x 15 1/16 in.) ; Original IAD Object: 10" in diameter
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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