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Hand Sickle

1939

Lloyd Charles Lemcke

Associated Names

Lloyd Charles Lemcke

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a large, curved metal sickle with a textured handle. The sickle's blade is dark with some rust-like texture, while the handle appears to be wrapped in a dark material with ridges. The color palette is predominantly brown with a sepia-toned background. The sickle's blade curves from the upper left to the lower right, with the handle extending towards the lower right corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 30.6 x 40.8 cm (12 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.13844

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Lloyd Charles Lemcke / 1939

Wikidata ID

Q64593276

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