Safe
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 45 x 35.1 cm (17 11/16 x 13 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 23 1/2" high; 24 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.13421
About the Artist
Joseph L. Boyd
Joseph L. Boyd was an American artist who worked as a watercolor renderer for the Index of American Design, one of the most ambitious documentary art projects of the twentieth century. Undertaken by the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration between 1935 and 1942, the Index mobilized artists across the country to produce meticulous watercolor drawings cataloguing the material cul...