Crock
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 30.4 x 28.9 cm (11 15/16 x 11 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 3/8" High 6" Dia.(top) 5" Dia.(base)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.5173
Art Historical Context
**Crock** by Anne Nemtzoff (. 1939) captures the humble beauty of an everyday American pottery—a sturdy crock, measuring about 7⅜ inches high with a 6-inch top diameter tapering to 5 inches at the base. Rendered in watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard (30.4 × 28.9 cm), this study highlights the object's simple, functional form, likely a product of early American folk pottery traditions used for storage or preservation. Created as part of the Index of American Design (IAD), a New Deal-era Federal Art Project (1935–1942), Nemtzoff's work documents the nation's vernacular desig...