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Wooden Toys

Rex F. Bush

1935/1942

Wooden Toys by Rex F. Bush

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 50.6 x 38.1 cm (19 15/16 x 15 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 3/4" high; 2 3/4" in diameter

Classification

Index of American Design

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Index of American Design

Accession Number

1943.8.15711

Rights

Public Domain

About the Artist

Rex F. Bush · 19152002

Rex F. Bush (c. 1915–2002) was an American artist best known for his meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project initiative under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression era. Active primarily from 1935 to 1942, Bush produced watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen-and-ink renderings on paperboard that documented everyday American folk ...

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