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Hitching Post

c. 1937

Gladys Phillips

Associated Names

Gladys Phillips

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden column with a sculpted horse head at the top. The horse head is dark grey or blue-grey, and the column is in various shades of brown. The background is plain, off-white.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 35.5 x 24.5 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.11504

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 87, pl. 275.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Wikidata ID

Q64572565

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