Deer Weather Vane
c. 1938
Medium
graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 44.4 x 33.7 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16693
Art Historical Context
**Deer Weather Vane** *Helen Hobart, c. 1938* Graphite on paperboard, 44.4 x 33.7 cm Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art Created by artist Helen Hobart around 1938, *Deer Weather Vane* is a meticulous graphite drawing from the Index of American Design, a landmark WPA Federal Art Project (1935–1942). This ambitious initiative employed artists during the Great Depression to document America's rich folk art heritage through precise renderings of everyday objects. Hobart's work captures the graceful form of a traditional deer-shaped weather vane—a quintessential piece of Ame...
About the Artist
Helen Hobart
Helen Hobart is an artist about whom the historical record offers limited documentation. Her nationality, dates of birth and death, and formal training have not been firmly established in the sources currently available to scholars, making a detailed account of her life and career difficult to provide with confidence. The works attributed to Hobart indicate an artist with evident technical skill ...