Hardware Shop Sign

1937

Alice Stearns

Associated Names
Alice Stearns

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The sculpture features woodworking tools arranged in a semi-circular relief. The tools included are two hand saws, a large axe, a mallet, a chisel, a brace, and a hand plane. The material of the sculpture resembles wood, with varying shades of brown throughout. The tools are positioned realistically with defined edges and contours. The overlapping arrangement of the tools creates a sense of depth in the otherwise flat relief background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.5 x 44.3 cm (11 5/8 x 17 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8046

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

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

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 68, no. 130.

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 85, pl. 272.

Inscriptions

center verso: Alice E. Stearns / January 12, 1937 / Woodcarving.

Wikidata ID

Q64534492

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