Foot Warmer

Foot Warmer by Florence Stevenson

Medium

watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper

Dimensions

overall: 32.7 x 24.5 cm (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/4" high; 8 1/4" wide; 6 3/4" deep

Classification

Index of American Design

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Index of American Design

Accession Number

1943.8.16085

Art Historical Context

**Foot Warmer** *Florence Stevenson, c. 6* Watercolor, pen and ink and graphite on paper, 32.7 × 24.5 cm (12⅞ × 9⅝ in.) *Index of American Design, National Gallery of ArtCreated around 1936 by artist Florence Stevenson, *Foot Warmer* is meticulous rendering of a charming American household object from the Index of American Design. This Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression employed artists to document the nation's folk and decorative arts through precise, colorful drawings. Stevenson's depiction captures the compact foot warmer—orig...

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