Harvester Jug
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28.9 x 23 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 1/2" High
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.6335
Art Historical Context
**Harvester Jug** *Yolande Delasser,. 1937* Watercolor, graphite, and gouache onboard Overall: 28.9 × 23 cm (11 ⅜ × 9 ¹⁄₁₆ in.) Index of American Design, National of Art Created around 1937, Yolande Delasser's *Harvester Jug* is a meticulous rendering from the Index of American Design, a WPA Federal Art Project during the Great Depression. This initiative employed artists to document America's folk art and design heritage through precise, colorful illustrations, preserving everyday objects that reflected the nation's cultural identity before they faded into obscurity. Delasser's wor...
About the Artist
Yolande Delasser
Yolande Delasser was an American artist active during the mid-1930s, best known for her meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Amid the Great Depression, this ambitious New Deal initiative commissioned artists to document America's rich heritage of folk art and utilitarian objects through precise watercolor ren...