Figurehead: "Samuel Skolfield"

1935/1942

Joseph Goldberg

Associated Names
Joseph Goldberg

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a person in a side profile, leaning slightly backward with their gaze upward. The person has a mustache and short, neatly combed dark hair. They are dressed in formal attire, including a long coat over a suit and lighter trousers. The person seems to be holding the front of their coat with both hands. The background is plain and light in color, with no additional objects or decorations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.9 x 29.3 cm (16 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.16851

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1952

  • Christensen, Erwin O., Early American Woodcarving, New York: 1952, p. 27, fig. 4.

Wikidata ID

Q64591187

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