Lantern
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.3 x 22.4 cm (13 7/8 x 8 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 1/2" high; 5 3/4" wide; 5 3/4" deep
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.12294
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Earl Butlin · 1855–present
Earl Butlin was an American artist active around 1935, best known for his contributions to the Index of American Design, a New Deal-era Federal Art Project initiative that employed hundreds of artists to create a comprehensive pictorial survey of American crafts, folk art, and decorative objects from the colonial period through 1900. His early life is not well documented, with no records of formal...