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Altar Chimes

c. 1936

David P Willoughby

Associated Names

David P Willoughby

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a painting of two mechanical devices with trumpet-like horns. One device is circular with horns attached around the perimeter on a rotating frame. The other device has a vertical stacked arrangement of horns on a wooden frame. Both devices are made of green painted wood and metal elements. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 28 x 34.6 cm (11 x 13 5/8 in.)
Original IAD Object: Scale 2"-1'
Accession Number

1943.8.6703

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: David P. Willoughby

Wikidata ID

Q64540840

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