Spur

c. 1940

Gerald Transpota

Associated Names
Gerald Transpota

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a metal spur with a large circular wheel containing multiple pointed spikes, connected to a curved band with a buckle on one end. The colors include shades of dark brown, black, and metallic tones. The spur is positioned centrally in the image, with the spiked wheel on the left and the buckle end on the right. It is set against a neutral, light beige background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.7 x 35.7 cm (10 1/2 x 14 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.8138

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 783, no. 2787.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: GTRANSPOTA JR

Wikidata ID

Q64571747

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