Wooden Rooster
Sadie Berman
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 37.9 x 27.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 29" high; 21" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.8072
About the Artist
Sadie Berman
Sadie Berman (1897–1994) was an American artist best known for her meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project initiative under the Works Progress Administration during the late 1930s and early 1940s. This ambitious endeavor commissioned artists across the United States to create precise watercolor renderings of everyday folk art objects, preserving the nation's...