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Loaf Sugar Cutter

c. 1942

Thomas Dooley

Associated Names

Thomas Dooley

Artist, American, 1899 - 1986

The image shows a pair of antique metal pliers with curved and pointed tips. The color palette consists mainly of shades of brown and muted beige. The pliers are positioned diagonally across the frame, with the handles extending to the right and the head to the left. There is a signature beneath the pliers, slightly off-center to the right.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 28 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Original IAD Object: 10 1/2" long; 3 1/2" wide
Accession Number

1943.8.14926

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Tom Dooley

Wikidata ID

Q64633204

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