Wooden Spoon Rack

c. 1941

Sarkis Erganian

Associated Names
Sarkis Erganian

Artist, American, born Turkey, c. 1866 - 1950

In the image, there are three large wooden spoons placed upright on a round gray platform with circular cutouts. The spoons vary in size with the largest on the right, a spoon with a carved decorative handle in the middle, and a smaller rounded spoon on the left. The color palette consists of natural wood tones ranging from light to medium brown with hints of gray on the platform. The spoons are depicted in the upper half of the image, while two wooden rods extend vertically downward from the platform towards the bottom edge.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 55.9 x 40.7 cm (22 x 16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 7 3/4" long; 3 1/2" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.14920


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 479, no. 1694.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Sarkis Erganian

Wikidata ID

Q64630561

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