Stern Board
Mary E. Humes
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 39.8 x 54.4 cm (15 11/16 x 21 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 84" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.14887
About the Artist
Mary E. Humes
**Mary E. Humes (1911–2001)** was an American artist best known for her meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a landmark Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression. Active primarily in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Humes produced detailed watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and gouache renderings of everyday American folk art ...