C. O'Connor and J.M. Hopkins Estate

Art Historical Context

This watercolor, graphite, and gouache rendering titled *C. O'Connor and J.M. Hopkins Estate* was created around 1936 by artists Gilbert Sackerman and Helen Miller. Produced as part of the Index of American Design at the National Gallery of Art, the work exemplifies the careful documentation of American material culture during the Great Depression. The Index, a New Deal initiative under the Works Progress Administration, employed hundreds of artists to create precise pictorial records of decorative arts, furnishings, and everyday objects from the colonial era through the nineteenth century. M...