Iron Window Grille
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.5 x 25.8 cm (14 x 10 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 4'x 5'
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.6989
Art Historical Context
Behold the *Iron Window Grille*, meticulous 1936 rendering by Geoffrey Holt and Harry Mannaddell, part of the esteemed Index of American Design (IAD) at the National Gallery of Art This mixed-media work on paper—employing watercolor, colored pencil pen and ink, and graphite—measures 35.5 x 25.8 cm and faithfully documents an original wrought-iron grille standing 4 x 5 feet. Created during the Great Depression as a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA), IAD commissioned hundreds of such detailed illustrations to preserve America's rich tradition of decorative arts an...