Pa. German Plate
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouach on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 22.9 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 49" in diameter; 23" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.13027
About the Artist
Ella Josephine Sterling
Ella Josephine Sterling is an artist whose biographical details remain incompletely documented. No confirmed birth or death dates have been established, and her nationality and the circumstances of her artistic training are not clearly recorded in surviving historical sources. With forty-six works attributed to her in museum collections, Sterling was clearly a productive artist. The full name, pr...