Louis Simon / Bicycle Shop Sign / early 1930s

Louis Simon
Bicycle Shop Sign
early 1930s
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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 Start Date: 1930
Creation End Date: 1932
Creation Date: early 1930s
Object Type: Sculpture
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.)
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)
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
Copyright: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rights: http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/nmaainfo/rights.html
AMICA ID: SAAM.1986.65.265
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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