Roller Skates

c. 1941

Albert Rudin

Associated Names
Albert Rudin

Artist, American, 1882 - 1943

The image shows a pair of vintage roller skates with brown leather straps and metal buckles, featuring four red wheels each. The roller skates are positioned centrally in the image, with one skate slightly overlapping the other, set against a plain, light background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.5 x 42.7 cm (10 13/16 x 16 13/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 8 1/2" long

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.1867

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 63.

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 147, no. 289.

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003: no. 63.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Albert Rudin.

Wikidata ID

Q64533932

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