Printed Textile - Historical

c. 1939

Michael Trekur

Associated Names
Michael Trekur

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image depicts a person standing next to a horse. The person has 18th-century facial features, white hair styled back, and wears a military-style uniform. They hold a tricorn hat in one hand. An oval frame surrounds the figure, with the name "WASHINGTON" at the top. The background resembles the American flag, with red and white stripes and shield emblems at the top and bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 74.3 × 53.5 cm (29 1/4 × 21 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 25" long; 17 1/2" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.2815

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1993

  • Drôles de zèbres, Musée de la Civilization, Québec, 1993.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 577, no. 2104 and p. 794, no. 2814.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: MICHAEL TREKUR

Wikidata ID

Q64614652

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