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The image shows a detailed drawing of a vertically oriented column with a sphere on top and a twisting pattern of red and white stripes along its shaft. The color palette includes shades of white, red, blue, and black with a weathered effect. The background is a plain, light beige. There is an inscription in the bottom right corner with the artist's name and additional text.
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The image shows a detailed drawing of a vertically oriented column with a sphere on top and a twisting pattern of red and white stripes along its shaft. The color palette includes shades of white, red, blue, and black with a weathered effect. The background is a plain, light beige. There is an inscription in the bottom right corner with the artist's name and additional text.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Barber Pole

Vera Van Voris

Date
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.3 x 27.8 cm (13 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 96" high; 14" wide
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.2725
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

lower right in black ink: V. Van Voris

NGA object ID 14934. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.