Wrought Iron Railing
c. 1936
Medium
pen and ink and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions
overall: 22.9 x 30.3 cm (9 x 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.11830
Art Historical Context
**Wrought Iron Railing** *Ray Price, c. 1936* Pen and ink and colored pencil on paper, 22.9 x 30.3 cm *Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art* Step into the intricate world of American craftsmanship with Ray Price's *Wrought Iron Railing*, a captivating rendering from the Index of American Design. Created around 1936, this drawing is part of a monumental Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression. Launched in 1935, the Index employed artists across the U.S. to document everyday objects of folk art, decorative arts, and design through precise, colo...
About the Artist
Ray Price
Ray Price was an American artist active around 1935, renowned for his meticulous watercolor renderings of everyday American objects and crafts. His oeuvre, comprising 88 works held in the National Gallery of Art collection, captures the functional beauty of vernacular items from the late 1930s through the late 1940s. Little is known about Price's early life or formal training, as biographical deta...