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The image shows a solitary hatchet with a metal blade and a wooden handle. The blade has a speckled gray color, while the handle is brown. The hatchet is placed centrally in the image, angled with the blade pointing up and to the left, and the handle extending downwards and to the right.
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The image shows a solitary hatchet with a metal blade and a wooden handle. The blade has a speckled gray color, while the handle is brown. The hatchet is placed centrally in the image, angled with the blade pointing up and to the left, and the handle extending downwards and to the right.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Axe

Hal Blakeley

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.2 x 21.5 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.8337
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

lower right in ink: Hal / Blakely

NGA object ID 20535. 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.