Hitching Post
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 48.8 x 36.1 cm (19 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.11447
Art Historical Context
**Hitching Post** by Henry Tomaszewski, created between 1935 and1942, is a watercolor and graphite rendering on paperboard from the Index of American Design. This ambitious WPA Federal Art Project, launched during the Great Depression, employed artists to meticulously document everyday American objects, folk art, and crafts through precise, colorful illustrations. Tomas's work captures the essence a traditional hitching post functional yet often whimsically fixture from the horse-and-buggy erapreserving designs that were fading amid America's shift to modernity. Measuring 48.8 x 36.1 cm, the ...