Powder Flask
Walter G. Capuozzo
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 46 x 38.2 cm (18 1/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.13311
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Walter G. Capuozzo · 1886–1949
**Walter G. Capuozzo** (c. 1886–1949) was an American artist born in Italy whose career intersected with one of the most ambitious documentation projects in U.S. art history. Little is known about his early life or formal training, which remains sparsely documented, but by the late 1930s, Capuozzo had established himself in New York, contributing detailed renderings to the Index of American Design...