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The image shows a tool with a wooden handle and a metal blade with a curved end. The color palette includes brown for the handle and shiny grey for the blade, set against a light beige background. The tool is positioned centrally and vertically in the image.
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The image shows a tool with a wooden handle and a metal blade with a curved end. The color palette includes brown for the handle and shiny grey for the blade, set against a light beige background. The tool is positioned centrally and vertically in the image.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bark Peeler

Chester Kluf

Date
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 30 x 21.9 cm (11 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: overall: 22 1/2" long; handle: 9 1/2" long; blade: 13" long; 1 1/2" wide; 1 1/2" thick
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.8613
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American

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