Secretary Cabinet
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 34.9 x 24.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 37 3/8"wide, 63 1/2"high, 18"deep. See data sheet for dets.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.4043
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
William Kieckhofel · 1855–present
William Kieckhofel was an American artist active in the 1930s and early 1940s, best known for his contributions to the Index of American Design, the ambitious New Deal-era documentation project administered under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Working in watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper, Kieckhofel produced meticulous renderings of American decorativ...