Coffee Mill

1939

Clarence Secor

Associated Names
Clarence Secor

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows an old-fashioned hand-crank coffee grinder as the largest object. It features a wooden knob and metallic body with a funnel at the top. The colors are dark tones of brown, rust, and black, with wood-like texture and metal sheen. The coffee grinder is centrally located, with the crank extending slightly to the left and the bottom storage drawer noticeably ajar towards the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28 x 24.7 cm (11 x 9 3/4 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 7" high; box: 3 1/2", wide, 3 1/2" high; drawer: 2 1/2" deep; funnel: 2 1/2" high, 3" in diameter

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9459

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 491, no. 1785.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Clarence Seacor '39

Wikidata ID

Q64540065

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