Mechanical Bank
Einar Heiberg
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor and gouache on paper
Dimensions
overall: 22 x 28.9 cm (8 11/16 x 11 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/2" high; 2 1/2" wide; 4" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.8523
About the Artist
Einar Heiberg
Einar Heiberg (1893–1964) was an American artist best known for his meticulous documentation of everyday American folk art objects during the Great Depression era. Active primarily in the late 1930s, Heiberg contributed significantly to the Index of American Design, a groundbreaking Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). This initiative commissioned artists across the U...