Pa. German Birth Certificate
Albert Levone
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 36.9 x 43.8 cm (14 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: Actual
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.3379
About the Artist
Albert Levone
Albert Levone was an American artist who contributed to the Index of American Design, the Works Progress Administration's landmark program to document the nation's decorative arts heritage through precise watercolor rendering. Active during the late 1930s and early 1940s, Levone focused his work on the material culture of the Pennsylvania German community, producing renderings of objects that incl...