Object Details
- artist
- Gasparro, Frank
- Description (Brief)
- Using tracing paper, Gasparro could place one sheet over a drawing and make incremental changes to that image without having to recreate the whole drawing. In this manner Gasparro perfected his designs. The small hole in the center of this tracing (produced by using a protractor to make the circle) and the straight line that comes from the center through the top middle of the drawing (the radius)indicate center. Center guidelines helped the artist to organize the type and composition on the coin.
- In this small group of artwork by Frank Gasparro are five different drawings showing the variations and stages Gasparro developed in eagle designs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Christina Gasparro Hansen
- 1965-1990
- ID Number
- 2009.0005.037
- catalog number
- 2009.0005.037
- accession number
- 2009.0005
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- graphite (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.7 cm x 15.3 cm; 6 15/16 in x 6 in
- image: 14.3 cm; 5 5/8 in
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Art of Gasparro
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Art - Currency
- Record ID
- nmah_1373690
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-fc6b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
