Chair (handmade)
c. 1941
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 50.6 x 40.3 cm (19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.4444
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Glenn Wilson · 1855–present
Glenn Wilson 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, launched in the 1930s, commissioned artists across the United States to document the nation's folk art, crafts, and design heritage through detailed i...