Coverlet
c. 1941
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 58.5 x 43 cm (23 1/16 x 16 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 90" wide; 100" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.2641
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Byron Dingman · 1886–1951
Byron Dingman (1886–1951) was an American artist whose career, though sparsely documented in personal terms, gained significance through his contributions to the Index of American Design, a New Deal-era Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Active primarily in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Dingman produced meticulous renderings of everyday American folk art objects, ...