Metal Door Lock
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 29.6 x 21.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: Handle: 5" long, 2" from door plane; Keyhole Plate: 6" long; inside door: 4 2/16 high, 4 1/2 wide and 2" deep.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.3892
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...