Sampler
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor and gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 48.9 x 50.9 cm (19 1/4 x 20 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 23" long; 22 3/4" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.2499
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Byron Dingman · 1886–1951
Byron Dingman (1886–1951) was an American artist whose career, though sparsely documented in personal terms, gained significance through his contributions to the Index of American Design, a New Deal-era Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Active primarily in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Dingman produced meticulous renderings of everyday American folk art objects, ...