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Police Club and Belt

1939

Herman O. Stroh

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Herman O. Stroh

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a police baton and a brown leather belt with a circular buckle marked "POLY." The color palette consists of browns, grays, and blacks with hints of blue on the tassel attached to the baton. The baton is in the foreground while the belt is looped above it, both objects centrally arranged against a plain background.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Original IAD Object: 24" long; 12" in diameter
Accession Number

1943.8.1750

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Herman O. Stroh 1939

Wikidata ID

Q64574185

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