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c. 1939

Helen Hobart

Associated Names
Helen Hobart

Artist, American, c. 1892 - unknown

The image shows an ornate dark-colored mailbox against a light background. The mailbox is highly detailed with decorative patterns on the top and base. The color palette is primarily grayscale, with the mailbox in dark tones and the background in light cream or beige. The mailbox is centered in the image, with symmetrical decorative elements extending upwards and downwards from the main body.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23 x 29 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 5 5/16" high; 3 7/8" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.12659

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 485, no. 1723.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Helen Hobart

Wikidata ID

Q64573498

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