Weather Vane
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 36.2 x 51.5 cm (14 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 19 3/4" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16255
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...