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Knife, Palette

Object number2015.51.3

Manufacturer LLOYD'S

Date1950-2011

OriginJapan

MediumWood/Metal/Paint

Credit LineGift of Terry Gruber

DescriptionPalette knife with a rounded, tapered wood handle that ends in a point. At one end of the handle there is a gold-tone metal band and a silver-tone metal stem and trowel-shaped blade. Blade is rounded at the corners near the stem and then tapers into a rounded end. Blade is flexible near the tip. Paint of various colors scattered over surface of the tool with an area of pink/orange at the tip of the blade.Dimensions1.25 x 0.875 x 10.25 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 26 cm)
MarksText on the face of the blade, near the stem "LLOYD'S / # 9 / JAPAN".
Historical NotesPalette knife used by PIttsburgh artist Aaronel deRoy Gruber. Aaronel deRoy Gruber was a 1940 graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) who majored in costume design. Gruber started out as a painter dedicated to the Abstract Expressionist movement that dominated the mid-20th century and later, beginning in the 1960s, got involved in sculpture working in steel, Uvex, and Plexiglas. In the late 1980s she got involved in photography. Gruber continued working up until her death in 2011. Donor Terry Gruber is the son of Aaronel deRoy Gruber and Irving Gruber.

Previous owner Aaronel deRoy Gruber (1918 - 2011)

Related institution Carnegie Mellon University

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