Gramophone

c. 1937

Charles Bowman

Associated Names
Charles Bowman

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a painting of an early gramophone design. The painting shows a vintage gramophone with a large, flaring black horn attached to a wooden base. Two circular disks, likely representing records, are connected by a belt system. The painting features an inset technical drawing in the top left corner illustrating a diagram with a rubber component. The base is inscribed with "United States Gramophone Co.," and the painting has a noted U.S. patent date of Nov. 8, 1887.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35 x 50.3 cm (13 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.11548

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1950

  • Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design, New York: 1950, p. 167, no. 326.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: U.S. Pat'd Nov. 8, 1887

Wikidata ID

Q64538202

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