Sampler
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 55.9 x 50.8 cm (22 x 20 in.) Original IAD Object: 12 1/2" wide; 21 1/2" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16768
About the Artist
Elmer G. Anderson
**Elmer G. Anderson** was an American artist best known for his meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project that documented the nation's folk art heritage during the Great Depression. Active primarily in the 1930s, Anderson studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), where he earned prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarsh...