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Eva Noe
c. 1937
Medium
graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
overall: 28.6 x 22.8 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.1030
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Eva Noe · 1855–present
**Eva Noe** was an American artist active around 1935, best known for her precise, documentary-style drawings created as part of the Index of American Design project. This federal initiative, launched during the Great Depression, aimed to record and preserve examples of American folk art, decorative objects, and design traditions through detailed illustrations. Noe contributed multiple works to th...