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Economy Shoulder Yoke

c. 1937

Ralph Atkinson

Associated Names

Ralph Atkinson

Artist, American, 1913 - 1995

The image depicts a wooden yoke with two leather straps. The object has a smooth, brown surface with a dark, slightly concave area in the center. The color palette consists mostly of natural wood tones with dark brown leather straps. The wooden yoke is centered horizontally in the image with the leather straps hanging down slightly, one to the left and the other to the right.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 24.2 x 35.5 cm (9 1/2 x 14 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.3885

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: R. ATKINSON

Wikidata ID

Q64619768

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