Powder Flask
Robert W.R. Taylor
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.6 x 23.1 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 9" high; 3 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.13325
About the Artist
Robert W.R. Taylor
Robert W.R. Taylor was an American artist active in the mid-twentieth century who contributed significantly to the Index of American Design, the Works Progress Administration project that employed artists to document American folk art and decorative culture through exacting watercolor renderings. The National Gallery of Art, which received the Index collection in 1943, holds seventy-one works by T...