Who created "Iron Cross"?

Iron Cross was created by Dayton Brown in 1936.

What medium is "Iron Cross"?

Iron Cross is watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper.

Is "Iron Cross" in the public domain?

Yes, Iron Cross is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Iron Cross

Dayton Brown

1936

Medium

watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper

Dimensions

overall: 35.5 x 26.6 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: Drawing 1/3 actual size

Classification

Index of American Design

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Index of American Design

Accession Number

1943.8.6719

Art Historical Context

**Iron Cross** *Dayton Brown, 1936* Watercolor, colored pencil,ache, and graphite on, 35.5 × 26.6 cm (14 × 10 1/2 in.) *Index of American Design National Gallery of Art* by artist Dayton Brown in 1936, *Iron Cross* is a rendering from the Index of Design, a groundbreaking Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). during the Great Depression, this initiative employed artists to document America's rich folk art and design heritage through detailed drawings and photographs. Brown's work captures an iron cross—a quintessential example of early American craftsmanship—a...

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