Crock
c. 1937/1938
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 29.1 x 22.6 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 9" High 9 1/2" Dia.(top) 9 5/8" Dia.(bot)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.5070
Art Historical Context
**Crock**, a delicate watercolor and graphite rendering on paperboard by artists George Loughridge and Yol Delasser (c. 1937/1938), captures the elegance of a traditional American ceramic crock. Measuring about 29.1 x 22.6 cm, this precise depiction portrays the original object's sturdy form—9 inches high with a 9½-inch top diameter and 9⅝-inch base—highlighting its practical, bulbous shape ideal for storage, pickling, or fermentation in and early American households. Created as part of the *Index of American Design*, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) from 19...