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Clothes Pin

Ralph Atkinson

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a single large object resembling a wooden clothespin or peg, positioned vertically in the center of a plain background. The color palette consists of muted brown and beige tones, with some darker shading in the central slit of the object. The object stands upright, with its rounded top facing up and its two tapered ends pointing downward. There are no additional elements or objects in the image.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
3414 × 4175 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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