Fire Marshall Trumpet

c. 1939

Thomas Dooley

Associated Names
Thomas Dooley

Artist, American, 1899 - 1986

A large, silver, ornamental horn with an orange interior rim is shown in the image. A green and gold braided cord with tassels is looped around it. The color palette includes metallic silver, warm orange, green, and gold. The horn is positioned diagonally in the image, with the mouthpiece pointing to the top right corner and the flared bell to the bottom left. The tassels hang from the cord towards the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.6 x 40.7 cm (14 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.10238

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 50, no. 91.

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 107, pl. 330.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Thomas Doody 1939

Wikidata ID

Q64633199

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