Pa. German Chest
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensions
overall: 27.2 x 35.8 cm (10 11/16 x 14 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 20 1/2" long; 10 1/2" high; 10" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.3591
About the Artist
Malcolm Hackney
Malcolm Hackney (c. 1914–1982) was an American artist whose career briefly but impactfully intersected with the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration (WPA). Born in 1913, Hackney trained as a commercial artist and studied at the Yale Art School before joining the WPA Federal Art Project in New Haven, Connecticut, where he lived during the late 1930s. From 1938 to 1939, he contributed to the a...