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Top (With Winding String)

1935/1942

Mina Lowry

Associated Names

Mina Lowry

Artist, American, born Canada, 1894 - 1942

This is a painting of an object with a spherical, segmented red wooden element, a cylindrical section, a metal rod, and a stylized decorative feature at the top. The style is similar to surrealist or modernist art, possibly influenced by René Magritte.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, pen and ink, gouache, and graphite on paper
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 28.8 x 23 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Original IAD Object: 5" high
Accession Number

1943.8.17521

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q64617916

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