Past Exhibition

Index of American Design

Lucille Chabot, Gabriel Weather Vane, c. 1939, watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper, Index of American Design, 1943.8.9505

Details

  • Dates

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  • Locations

    West Building, Ground Floor, Graphics Galleries GS-11, GS-12, GS-13, GS-14 (3,000 sq. ft.)
Lucille Chabot, Gabriel Weather Vane, c. 1939, watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper, Index of American Design, 1943.8.9505

Overview: 85 examples were chosen from the 17,000 renderings of American decorative arts, to illustrate the breadth of this federal work project. The exhibition was arranged in 4 geographical areas.

Organization: Laurie Weitzenkorn was the coordinator. This was one of a group of small exhibitions of graphics, Nineteenth-Century America on Paper: Four Exhibitions, opening at the same time.

Attendance: 50,948

Brochure: The Index of American Design, by Nancy E. Allyn. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1984.

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