Chopping Knife
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 34 x 26.2 cm (13 3/8 x 10 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: blade: 7 1/8" long, 1 1/2" wide, 5 1/4" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.9438
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Walter Praefke · 1855–present
Walter Praefke (1912–1988) was an American artist born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whose career is most closely associated with the New Deal-era documentation of the nation’s material culture. Born on November 24, 1912, he became a participating artist in the Wisconsin Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, contributing watercolor renderings to the ambitious Index of American Desig...