Bootjack
Helen Hobart
c. 1942
Medium
graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 26.2 x 40.6 cm (10 5/16 x 16 in.) Original IAD Object: 13 1/4" long; 3 7/8" wide; metal: 3/8" thick
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.2039
About the Artist
Helen Hobart
Helen Hobart is an artist about whom the historical record offers limited documentation. Her nationality, dates of birth and death, and formal training have not been firmly established in the sources currently available to scholars, making a detailed account of her life and career difficult to provide with confidence. The works attributed to Hobart indicate an artist with evident technical skill ...