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The image shows a wooden chisel-like object with a T-shaped handle. The color palette is varying shades of brown on a light background. The object is positioned centrally, pointing downward with the handle perpendicular at the top.
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The image shows a wooden chisel-like object with a T-shaped handle. The color palette is varying shades of brown on a light background. The object is positioned centrally, pointing downward with the handle perpendicular at the top.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Auger

Herman O. Stroh

Date
1938
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 34.9 x 27.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: overall: 17" long; handle: 10 3/4" long; 7/8" wide; blade: 2 5/8" wide
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.8345
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Fond du Lac
  • American
Inscription

lower right in graphite: Herman O. Stroh, 38

NGA object ID 20543. 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.