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1941

Sydney Roberts

Associated Names
Sydney Roberts

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a large, iron shield-like object with cut-out lettering along the edge spelling "PHILADELPHIA" and "ENTERPRISE." The central design includes a wheel with spokes and three circles positioned evenly around the center. The color palette is mainly a muted dark brown against a light tan background with a subtle gradient. The object is in the center of the canvas, and the artist's signature is below it, slightly to the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.5 x 29.2 cm (14 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.17038

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 502, no. 1826.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: SYD A. RBOERTS 41

Wikidata ID

Q64632925

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