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BellowsWW-1912-335489

1912·Lithographic crayon and charcoal, with brush and black ink, scraping and smudging, over touches of graphite on cut and pieced cream wove papers, laid down on ivory wove paper·64.8 × 52.6 cm (25 9/16 × 20 3/4 in.)

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1912
Medium: Lithographic crayon and charcoal, with brush and black ink, scraping and smudging, over touches of graphite on cut and pieced cream wove papers, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 64.8 × 52.6 cm (25 9/16 × 20 3/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Bellows

Artist

Bellows

Bellows are a device constructed to expel a controlled blast of air. The simplest type consists of a flexible bag comprising a pair of rigid boards with handles joined by flexible leather sides enclosing an approximately airtight cavity which can be expanded and contracted by operating the handles, and fitted with a valve allowing air to fill the cavity when expanded, and with a tube through which the air is forced out in a stream when the cavity is compressed. It has many applications, in particular blowing on a fire to supply it with air.

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