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Slippers

c. 1940

Melita Hofmann

Associated Names

Melita Hofmann

Artist, American, 1907 - 1976

The image shows three pairs of shoes with accompanying outline sketches. The shoes are a dark purple shoe with laces, a pinkish-red slip-on shoe, and a black dance shoe with straps. The color palette consists of shades of purple, pink, red, black, and grey on an off-white background. Along the left side, there are six outline sketches showing the top and side views of each shoe.

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Artwork overview

Medium

colored pencil on paper
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 27.9 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.2755

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q64614351

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