Weather Vane Peacock
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 36.9 x 54.5 cm (14 1/2 x 21 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 31" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16211
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...