Collar
Marie Famularo
c. 1938
Medium
graphite and wash on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 22.9 x 28 cm (9 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 1/2" long; 2 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.72
About the Artist
Marie Famularo
Marie Famularo (1901–1975) was an American artist whose meticulous illustrations played a vital role in preserving the visual legacy of everyday American folk art during the Great Depression era. Active primarily in the 1930s, she contributed to the Index of American Design (IAD), a groundbreaking Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project initiative that commissioned artists to docum...