# Potato Masher, in The 20th century

Clarence W. Dawson painted this in about 1940, aged 31. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1940
- Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard
- Dimensions: overall: 43.4 x 20.3 cm (17 1/16 x 8 in.) Original IAD Object: 10" long; 3" in diameter
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.8.12612
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Clarence W. Dawson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/clarence-w-dawson), American, c. 1909–1980

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