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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Wallet

c. 1939

Ralph Morton

Associated Names

Ralph Morton

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a rectangular woven object with a handle at the top. It has a colorful diamond-patterned design in red, yellow, green, blue, and purple shades. The name "AThomas Wilson" is visible across the lower front of the object, with the handle in the center extending vertically.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 23 x 30.6 cm (9 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.2141

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: DEL. 390-1 R.M. Morton

Wikidata ID

Q64619857

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