Bandbox
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28.2 x 22.8 cm (11 1/8 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 14" high; 19" long; 14" deep
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.17353
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Lee Hager · 1909–1960
**Lee Hager (c. 1909–1960)** was an American artist and designer known for his detailed watercolor and gouache renderings of American decorative arts as well as later abstract compositions. Born in New York around 1909, he spent much of his career in the city, where he died in 1960 at age 51 after a long illness. Early biographical details remain limited, with no documented information on formal ...