Twin Beaded Bag
Byron Dingman
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 45.7 x 35.7 cm (18 x 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.2204
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, ...