Horse Head Hitching Post
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 35.4 x 24.3 cm (13 15/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.11451
Art Historical Context
**Horse Head Hitching Post *Alexander Anderson, 1938* Watercolor, graphite, and pencil on paperboard, 35.4 × 24.3 cm *Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art* into the everyday artistry of America's past with Alexander Anderson's meticulous 1938 rendering of a *Horse Headitching Post*. This charming folk object, likely from the 19th century captures a utilitarian design turned decorative: a sturdy post topped with a realistically sculpted horse head, used to tether horses outside homes or businesses before automobiles dominated streets. Such whimsical hitching posts dotted ru...