Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1986.65.371
Date:
Mid 20th century
Notes:
National Museum of American Art, 1990.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.
Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, "Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection in the National Museum of American Art," Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, no.59.
Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, "Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection in the National Museum of American Art," Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, pg.119.
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Summary:
An American flag is at one end and a propeller is at the other. As the propeller blades spin, they blend into concentric circles of red, white and blue.