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Carbine Gun

c. 1937

George Fairbanks

Associated Names

George Fairbanks

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image displays an illustration of a rifle with a wooden stock and a long, metallic barrel. The color palette consists of natural browns for the wooden parts, gray for the metal components, and yellow outlines. The rifle is positioned diagonally in the center of the page. In the bottom right corner, there is a smaller diagram of the rifle with measurements enclosed in a rectangular section.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 31 x 22.9 cm (12 3/16 x 9 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.11441

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q64571380

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