Pier Table
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 23.2 x 29.8 cm (9 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 28"high; 47 1/2"long; 24"wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.5669
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Nicholas Gorid · 1855–present
Nicholas Gorid (b. 1896) was an American artist best known for his meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project initiative launched in the 1930s to document the nation's rich heritage of decorative arts and folk objects. Active primarily from the mid-1930s through the early 1950s, Gorid produced highly detailed renderings of an...