Flat Iron Holder

c. 1937

Helen Hobart

Associated Names
Helen Hobart

Artist, American, c. 1892 - unknown

The image features a large detailed drawing of a horseshoe on the right, with a smaller line drawing of the same design on the upper left. The color palette is mostly shades of gray and off-white. The main object is positioned in the lower right, with the line drawing and scale in the upper left. The artist's name, Helen Hobart, is written at the bottom left corner of the image within the border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and watercolor on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.2 x 28.8 cm (8 3/4 x 11 5/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 5 1/4" long; 4 1/8" wide; 3/4" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15777

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 502, no. 1840.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: HELEN HOBART

Wikidata ID

Q64573504

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