Iron Stand
Medium
watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.7 x 23.2 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.15792
Art Historical Context
**Iron Stand** by Austin L. Davison, created in 1939, is a meticulous rendering of a classic American wrought-iron object, captured in watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper (30.7 x 23.2 cm). This intimate sheet belongs to the National Gallery of Art's Index of American Design collection (Department: CG-W), celebrating the ingenuity of everyday craftsmanship from America's past. Produced during the Great Depression as part of the Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Index commissioned artists like Davison to document folk art, decorative objects, and ...
About the Artist
Austin L. Davison
Austin L. Davison (1909–1992) was an American artist whose precise renderings captured the essence of early American folk art, particularly during his tenure with the Index of American Design (IAD), a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project launched amid the Great Depression. Little is known about his early life, which remains sparsely documented, though records associate him with New Jersey a...