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Ship Builder's Auger

Erwin Stenzel

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a large, intricately shaped screw-like object with a helical twist at one end and a circular eye at the other. The color palette consists of mainly browns and rust-like hues against a plain light beige background. The object is diagonally positioned across the center of the image, from the upper left to the lower right corner, with the helix closer to the bottom right and the eye closer to the upper left.

Artwork Details

Date
1938
Medium
watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
3486 × 4461 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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