Butcher's Shop Sign

c. 1939

Laura Bilodeau

Artist, American, 1896 - 1982

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.1 x 54.4 cm (15 x 21 7/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 32" Long

  • Accession

    1943.8.8042

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • Wood and Wood Carving from the Index of American Design, Pensacola Museum of Art, 1995, no cat.

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 77, as Butcher's Weather Vane.

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 69, no. 133.

1952

  • Christensen, Erwin O., Early American Woodcarving, New York: 1952, pl. X.

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 82, pl. 259.

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. 77.

Inscriptions

center right verso in graphite: Laura ..odeau / Wear.. / man.. / Pig..ife /Begun..12, 1939 / Finished A..31, 1939 / Mass..9

Wikidata ID

Q64592682

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