COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1986.65.265
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Simon, Louis
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1884 Russia-1970 USA
Biography:
Came to U.S. in 1905.
Creator Name-CRT:
Louis Simon
Title:
Bicycle Shop Sign
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
early 1930s
Creation Start Date:
1930
Creation End Date:
1932
Materials and Techniques:
carved and painted wood, gesso, metal and rubber bicycle parts, marbles, and metal hardware
Dimensions:
34 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (87.6 x 37.5 x 59.7 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1986.65.265
Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Inscriptions:
front of bicycle below handlebars embossed: ROLLFAST/P. HARRIS MFG.CO./MADE IN USA/PAT.(illegible)both sides of rubber tire embossed: SWAN/PUNCTURE PROOF 14 X 1.5 (writtenupside down)
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1986.65.265.tif
