Girl's Dress
c. 1941
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 45.8 x 36.1 cm (18 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.9486
Art Historical Context
This watercolor and graphite rendering on paperboard, titled *Girl's Dress*, was created by Virginia Berge around 1941. Measuring about 18 by 14 inches, it belongs to the Index of American Design at the National Gallery of Art, a remarkable collection that visually records America's heritage of decorative arts, crafts, and everyday objects. The Index of American Design was a New Deal project of the Federal Art Project that employed artists during the Great Depression. From 1935 to 1942, they produced thousands of precise illustrations documenting American-made items from the colonial period t...