Miner's Chair - Hand Made
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 35.5 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: Seat 15"x15"; legs 18"; center of bk. 24 1/2"; sides 20"
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.7556
About the Artist
Rose Campbell-Gerke
Rose Campbell-Gerke (born 1882) was a California-born American artist who worked as a watercolorist for the Index of American Design, the New Deal-era federal project that systematically documented American folk and decorative arts. The National Gallery of Art holds sixty-six works by Campbell-Gerke in its collection, making her one of the more prolific individual contributors to the Index. Her bo...