Barber Pole

c. 1939

Vera Van Voris

Associated Names
Vera Van Voris

Artist, American, 1913 - 2002

The image shows a tall, ornate, vertical wooden post with a spherical top and a twisted design below it. The post has alternating bands of red and white on its main body, while the base is dark and weathered. The color palette includes shades of red, white, blue, and natural wood tones, with darker hues at the base of the post. The object is centered vertically in the image, with its lower part resting on a dark rectangular base.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, heightening, colored pencil,and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 8" High

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8052

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

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

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 67, no. 126.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Vera Van Voris

Wikidata ID

Q64633506

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