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Adze

Dana Bartlett

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a large, wooden-handled tool with a metal head that curves at both ends. The color palette consists of earthy browns and muted metallic gray, with the wooden handle showing a range of light to dark brown hues and the metal head a rusty brown. Positioned centrally in the image, the object is oriented vertically with the handle at the bottom and the curved metal head at the top. The head slightly tilts to the right. The background is a plain, off-white shade.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
3397 × 4523 px
Public Domain
Yes
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