Speaking Trumpet

c. 1938

Samuel O. Klein

Associated Names
Samuel O. Klein

Artist, American, 1906 - 1991

The image shows a large, ornate horn with intricate engravings and a flared bell at the end, accompanied by a braided rope with tassels attached. The color palette consists of shades of brown and beige, with touches of blue on the handle and tassels. The horn extends diagonally from the bottom left to the top right, while the rope hangs downward from the top center to the middle left, where it attaches to the horn. The tassels dangle from the rope towards the center 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: 29 x 35.6 cm (11 7/16 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.10240

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 107, pl. 329.

Inscriptions

lower rightin graphite: Samuel O. Klein

Wikidata ID

Q64630371

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