Flower Pot
1937
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 32.9 x 25.3 cm (12 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" High 6 1/4" Dia.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.6121
Art Historical Context
**Flower Pot** (1937) by Charles Moss is a delicate watercolor and graphite rendering on paperboard, capturing the elegance of an everyday American ceramic object. Measuring 32.9 x 25.3 cm overall, it depicts a flower pot originally 7½ inches high and 6¼ inches in. Moss's precise lines and subtle color washes highlight the pot's graceful curves and modest decoration, transforming a humble household item into a study of form and function. Created as part of the Index of American Design (IAD), a New Deal-era Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration, this artwork reflects the ...
About the Artist
Charles Moss
Charles Moss is an artist whose work appears in museum collections in notable quantity, attesting to a sustained and recognized practice even though the biographical details — his dates, nationality, and the particular tradition in which he was trained — have not been thoroughly recorded in the art-historical literature currently available. The name Charles Moss is common enough to pose identifica...