Fire Tongs and Shovel
Hans Korsch
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
sheet: 28.2 × 20.9 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.10281
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Hans Korsch
Hans Korsch was an American artist active during the mid-20th century, primarily around 1935 to the early 1950s, best known for his contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project initiative under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). This ambitious New Deal program employed artists to document everyday American folk art and design objects through precise watercolor renderi...