Butter Mold
Roberta Spicer
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 29.5 x 22.3 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/2" high; 3 7/8" 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
1943.8.8991
About the Artist
Roberta Spicer
Roberta Spicer was an American artist active around 1935, best known for her contributions to the Index of American Design, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project initiative launched during the Great Depression. This ambitious New Deal program commissioned artists across the United States to create precise watercolor renderings of historical American folk art, crafts, and everyd...