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The image shows an old-fashioned auger with a wooden handle and a metal drill bit against a plain background. The color palette includes earthy browns for the handle and metal gray tones for the drill bit, set against a cream-colored backdrop. The auger is in a vertical orientation, with the handle extending horizontally across the top of the image and the drill bit beneath it.
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The image shows an old-fashioned auger with a wooden handle and a metal drill bit against a plain background. The color palette includes earthy browns for the handle and metal gray tones for the drill bit, set against a cream-colored backdrop. The auger is in a vertical orientation, with the handle extending horizontally across the top of the image and the drill bit beneath it.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Auger

Alfonso Moreno

Date
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 34.4 x 27.2 cm (13 9/16 x 10 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: overall length: 16 1/4" long; handle: 1 1/4" thick; bit: 1" diameter
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.8346
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Kenosha
  • American
Inscription

lower right in graphite: ALFONSO MORENO verso: center in graphite: Oak Hand Auger and steel bit / Meas. / Length top of Auger to top of handle - 16 1/4" / Length of bit (screw part) 6 1/2" / Length of the handle 12 1/2 / Thickness of handle 1 1/4" Dia. center and tapering at ends / to 1" diameter / Bit = 1" Dia. / Made by Wm Dexter / Pleasant Prairie / year made ca 1880

NGA object ID 20544. 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.