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Child's Shoe

1940

Alexander Anderson

Associated Names

Alexander Anderson

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows two brown boots, with the one on the right standing upright and the one on the left lying on its side with the sole facing the viewer. Both boots have buttons along the side and a tassel at the top. The color palette is mainly shades of brown with darker accents for the buttons and tassel.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 28 x 35.9 cm (11 x 14 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.1996

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: ALEXANDER ANDERSON - 1940-

Wikidata ID

Q64534089

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