Toy Bank: Globe
Walter Hochstrasser
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 29.5 x 21.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 5/8" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.8589
About the Artist
Walter Hochstrasser
Walter Hochstrasser (1901–1975) was a Swiss-born American artist who became a significant contributor to the Index of American Design, the New Deal-era federal project that created a comprehensive visual archive of American folk and decorative arts. Born in Switzerland in 1901, Hochstrasser emigrated to the United States and established himself as a watercolorist of considerable technical skill. T...