Painted Tin Trinket Box
Grace Halpin
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 29.5 x 23 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 3/4" high; 2" wide; 3" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.8842
About the Artist
Grace Halpin
**Grace Halpin (1909–1978)** was an American artist best known for her meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the 1930s and 1940s. This ambitious initiative commissioned artists to create detailed renderings of everyday American folk and decorative arts, preserving cultural artifacts through watercolor an...