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High Beaver Hat

Gordon Saltar

National Gallery of Art

The image displays a top hat with a wide, curved brim and a decorative ribbon around its base. The color palette includes shades of gray and brown, giving the hat a metallic appearance. It is positioned centrally on the page, slightly angled to the right, with a smaller schematic drawing in the bottom right corner providing dimensions. The hat is surrounded by a plain, light background with faint rectangular border lines drawn in red, and there are some text and small marks scattered, notably in the lower left corner.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensions
3439 × 4383 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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