Dress
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 45.1 x 47.3 cm (17 3/4 x 18 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: neck to waist: 14"; waist to hem: 41"; waist: 24"; sleeve: 23" long; circumference of skirt: 164"
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.2700
About the Artist
Henry De Wolfe
Henry De Wolfe is an artist whose name appears in museum collections attached to a body of work that points to a real and productive career, even though the biographical information that would situate him within a specific national tradition or artistic lineage has not been adequately preserved in the sources currently available to researchers. His surname, with its aristocratic French particle, s...