# Decoy, in American folk and design

Mina Lowry painted this in about 1940, aged 46. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1940
- Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
- Dimensions: overall: 29 x 35.8 cm (11 7/16 x 14 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 1/4" wide; 16" long; 7 1/2" high
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.8.16963
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Mina Lowry](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/mina-lowry), American, born Canada, 1894–1942

2 works in the collection.

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- [Mina Lowry's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-mina-lowry?hang=750) (8 works)
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