Hooping the Wheel

1933

Albert W. Barker

Associated Names
Albert W. Barker

Artist, American, 1874 - 1947

This is a drawing of a blacksmith shop with cartwheels and workers. The image shows a large wooden cartwheel as the central focus, with three figures working around it. Another cartwheel is situated to the left. The background features dense, textured markings possibly indicating smoke or steam. The style emphasizes light and shadows, highlighting the industrial setting and labor.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • Hannum, Gillian Greenhill. A Visual Memoir: Prints and Drawings by Albert Winslow Barker. Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania: Brandywine River Museum, 1993, no. 37.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Ed. 55; lower right in graphite: Albert Barker; lower left margin in black ink: 139. Hooping the Wheel; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: EvR

Wikidata ID

Q76456493

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