Wooden Weather Vane

probably 1939

Zabelle Missirian

Associated Names
Zabelle Missirian

Artist, American, 1896 - 1977

The image shows an abstract shape resembling a flowing line with an S-bend, resembling a rooster silhouette. The form starts with a rounded shape like a rooster's tail, extending into a long, curved body, and ending in a head-like figure with a small, pointed beak and a comb. The texture looks worn with a wood-like surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.1 x 38.1 cm (11 1/16 x 15 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 24" Long

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8056

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. 80, as Wooden Rooster Weather Vane.

Bibliography

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. 80.

Inscriptions

upper left verso: Zabelle Missirian / Begun April 20. 1939 / Completed May 10, 1939 / L. 24" / MASS.743.CA.121

Wikidata ID

Q64649420

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