Candle Mold
1938
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28.3 x 23 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 12" long; 8" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.12686
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Henry Waldeck · 1855–present
Henry Waldeck was an American artist active around 1935, best known for his precise watercolor renderings created as part of the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). This ambitious initiative, spanning 1935 to 1942, commissioned artists across the United States to document everyday objects of American folk art and craftsmanship, preserving ...