Ghost of Judy
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 50.9 x 38.1 cm (20 1/16 x 15 in.) Original IAD Object: 24" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16874
Art Historical Context
**Ghost of Judy***Edward Strzalkowski c. 1937*Watercolor, graphite, andache on paperboard, 50.9 × 38.1 cm *Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art* Created around 1937, *Ghost of Judy* is vibrant rendering by artist Edward Strzalkowski part of the Federal Art Project's Index of American Design (IAD). ambitious WPA initiative, launched during the Great Depression, employed artists to meticulously document everyday American folk art, crafts, and design traditions through detailed, colorful illustrations. Strzalkowski's work captures the whimsical essence of its subject—a mysterious ...
About the Artist
Edward Strzalkowski
Edward Strzalkowski was an American artist active around 1935, best known for his precise watercolor renderings created as part of the Index of American Design, a New Deal-era Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). This ambitious initiative commissioned artists across the United States to document everyday objects of American folk art, crafts, and design through detaile...