Toy Spinning Wheel

c. 1937

Walter Praefke

Associated Names
Walter Praefke

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden spinning wheel with a large circular wheel on the right side and a flyer assembly mounted on a bench supported by three carved legs. The color palette primarily features shades of brown with visible wood textures, and there is a small amount of red from the string linking the wheel to the flyer. The spinning wheel is positioned diagonally in the frame, with the large wheel on the right and the beam extending from the bottom left. A small diagram and text are visible above the wheel, slightly to the left.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 23" high; 15" wide; 25" long

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8120

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 564, no. 2072.

Inscriptions

upper right in black ink: W.J. PRAEFKE

Wikidata ID

Q64634213

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