David Reed's Tavern Sign (verso)

c. 1938

Frances Cohen

Associated Names
Frances Cohen

Artist, American, 1912 - unknown

This is a painting of a wooden sign with a carved image and text. The painting shows an elaborately crafted wooden plaque featuring the image of a stylized animal, with the text "D R" above and "Entertainment" below. The sign is framed with turned spindle side columns and decorative scrollwork, with detailed attention to the wood grain and carving texture, in the style of an early American decorative sign.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 54.3 x 38 cm (21 3/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 2 1/2' High

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8044

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • Wood and Wood Carving from the Index of American Design, Pensacola Museum of Art, 1995, no cat.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 75, pl. 231.

Wikidata ID

Q64562150

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