Pie Plate
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, gouache, heightening, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 35.5 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 9" Dia 1 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
1943.8.6092
About the Artist
Elmer Weise
Elmer Weise was an American artist active around 1935, best known for his meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a New Deal-era Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Launched in 1935, this ambitious initiative employed artists across the United States to document the nation's folk art, crafts, and utilitarian objects through precise watercolor render...