Cherry Pitter

1941

Herman Schulze

Associated Names
Herman Schulze

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a mechanical object resembling a complex device with leg-like structures and a funnel-like top. The color palette is composed of shades of brown and gray, giving the object a metallic appearance. The apparatus is positioned in the center of the image, with its limbs extending outward in different directions. A signature reading "H. SCHULZE" is visible in the lower left corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.6 x 41 cm (12 13/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 10 3/4" long; 6 3/4" wide; 7 1/7" high; wheel: 4 5/8" in diameter

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9396

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 494, no. 1793.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: H. SCHULZE

Wikidata ID

Q64574221

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