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Axe

1935/1942

Hal Blakeley

Associated Names

Hal Blakeley

Artist, American, 1901 - 1981

The image shows a solitary hatchet with a metal blade and a wooden handle. The blade has a speckled gray color, while the handle is brown. The hatchet is placed centrally in the image, angled with the blade pointing up and to the left, and the handle extending downwards and to the right.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 30.2 x 21.5 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.8337

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in ink: Hal / Blakely

Wikidata ID

Q64572894

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