Quilt
Dorothy Posten
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 64.2 x 45.9 cm (25 1/4 x 18 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 107" long; 99" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.2768
About the Artist
Dorothy Posten
Dorothy Posten was an American artist active during the mid-1930s, best known for her meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project initiative under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Launched in 1935, this ambitious endeavor employed artists across the United States to document the nation's folk art, crafts, and decorative traditions through detailed render...