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Meat Chopper

c. 1940

Raymond Manupelli

Associated Names

Raymond Manupelli

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a green wooden manual device with a hand crank, revealing a cylindrical interior. The color palette consists mainly of green and brown, with some metallic gray on the crank handle fixtures. The object is centrally positioned and angled, showing the crank on the right side and the interior teeth inside the open top.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 36.8 x 43 cm (14 1/2 x 16 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.11401

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: R. Manupelli

Wikidata ID

Q64620223

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