Bootjack
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 27.9 x 38.1 cm (11 x 15 in.) Original IAD Object: 11" long; 4" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.2010
Art Historical Context
**Bootjack** *Gordon Saltar, c. 1937* Watercolor, graphite, and and ink on paper,27.9 x 38.1 cm (11 x 15 in.) of American Design, National of Art Step into the resourceful world of American folk craft with Gordon Saltar's *Bootjack*, a meticulously depiction of a humble yet ingenious tool from the 1930s. Created part of the Index of American Design (IAD)—a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration—this watercolor, graphite, and pen-and-ink study captures a wooden bootjack measuring 11 inches long and 4 inches wide. These practical devices, with their notched jaws fo...