Jug
c. 1937
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 22.5 x 28.9 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: Jug: 17" High 6 3/4" Dia(base) 2 3/4" Dia(top)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.6268
Art Historical Context
Behold the delicate rendering of a *Jug* by Yolande Delasser, created around 1937 as part of the Index of American Design (IAD). This watercolor and graphite work on paperboard, measuring 22.5 x 28.9 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.), captures the elegant form of an everyday American ceramic vessel—17 inches high, with a sturdy 6 3/4-inch base tapering to a slender 2 3/4-inch top. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's CG-W Department, it exemplifies the precision and artistry of IAD artists who documented the nation's folk crafts. The IAD, a Depression-era initiative under the Federal Art Project of ...
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...