Bootjack
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 35.8 x 50.3 cm (14 1/8 x 19 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 14" long; 5" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.2030
Art Historical Context
**Bootjack** *Isabelle De Strange, 1935/1942* Watercolor and graphite on paper, 35.8 × 50.3 cm (14⅛ × 19⅞ in.) *Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art* Created by artist Isabelle Strange, *Bootjack* is a precise watercolor and graphite rendering from the Index of American Design, a landmark WPA Federal Art Project (1935–1942). During the Great Depression, this initiative employed hundreds of artists to document America's rich heritage of folk art, crafts, and design through detailed, life-sized illustrations. De Strange's work captures a humble wooden bootjack—an everyday too...