Silver Caster
Hester Duany
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 29.3 x 22.9 cm (11 9/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 3/8" high; 1 3/4" high
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.13906
About the Artist
Hester Duany
Hester Duany (1891–1964) was an American artist best known for her meticulous renderings of traditional American folk art objects as part of the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) from 1935 to 1942. Working out of the New York City Project, Duany contributed dozens of watercolor and graphite drawings on paperboard that captured the intrica...