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Shop Sign: Man's Shoe

c. 1939

Dorothy Handy

Associated Names

Dorothy Handy

Artist, American, 1915 - 1986

The image shows a wooden boot on a plain cream background. The boot is brown and features buttons on the side. It is positioned centrally in the image facing to the left.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 27.9 x 38 cm (11 x 14 15/16 in.)
Original IAD Object: 8" long
Accession Number

1943.8.13815

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: HANDY 6/19/39 / CA 145 7/2/39

Wikidata ID

Q64555887

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