Girl's Dress
Nancy Crimi
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 46.9 x 36.2 cm (18 7/16 x 14 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
1943.8.9571
About the Artist
Nancy Crimi
Nancy Crimi (1916–unknown) was an American artist born in Italy and raised as a U.S. citizen, best known for her meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Active primarily in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Crimi documented everyday American objects, crafts, and costumes through detailed illustrations, capturing t...