Weather Vane
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 35.4 x 49.1 cm (13 15/16 x 19 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 26" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16198
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Selma Sandler · 1917–2005
Selma Sandler (1917–2005) was an American artist whose meticulous watercolor renderings played a vital role in documenting the nation's folk art heritage during the Great Depression. Born on March 18, 1917, she contributed to the Index of American Design, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project under the Federal Art Project that ran from 1935 to 1942. This ambitious endeavor employed artists...