Nutcracker
Chris Makrenos
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.3 x 31.9 cm (13 7/8 x 12 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/8" long; 2 1/4" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.12821
About the Artist
Chris Makrenos
Chris Makrenos was an American artist active in the mid-twentieth century who contributed a substantial body of work to the Index of American Design, the New Deal-era federal project that documented American folk art and decorative culture through meticulous watercolor illustration. His works are held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and span a wide range of subjects drawn from ...