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The image displays a large wooden axe head mounted on a log with a wedge-like base resting on a surface. The axe is mainly composed of natural wood tones with shades of brown and black, seen in the textured grain of the wood. A line drawing of the axe is at the top right corner, offering a simplified view of its shape. The axe occupies the bottom middle of the composition.
National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design
Adze
Lloyd Charles Lemcke
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- watercolor, graphite, pen and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 33.9 x 27.1 cm (13 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: overall: 31" long, blade: 8 3/8" long, 1 5/8" wide, 2 1/2" high
- Classification
- Index of American Design · Drawing
- Accession number
- 1943.8.8161
- Credit line
- Index of American Design
- Time span
- 1926 to 1950
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- Manitowoc
- American
Inscription
top right in ink: scale drawing; center left in graphite: Lloyd Charles Lemcke / 1938 verso: by Lloyd Charles Lemcke, upper left in graphite: Pankratz Estate / ca. 1875 Manitowoc /accross lower half: ADZE / for squaring of logs (shaped similar to / a grubbing hoe.) / color drawing = S.S. / ink drawing = about 1/8 size / actual size / length overall = 31" / Length of handle = 28 5/8" / width of handle = 1 1/4" / width of head = 1 3/8" / thickness of handle at the head = 1 3/8" / length of head = 8 3/8" / widest part of cutting end = 4 1/4" / width at hammer end = 1 5/8" / tapering up to 1 3/8" / height of hammer end = 1 1/4" … … … … …
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